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Morphology
- Stem
- Erect, simple or branched, mostly glabrous.
- Leaves
- Mostly cauline, alternate; blade linear to linear-lanceolate, .8 to 3 inches long, .04 to .25 inch wide, margins entire or irregularly 3-5-lobed, surfaces glabrous.
- Inflorescence
- Heads discoid, in panicle-like arrays 4 to 20 inches.
- Flower
- Involucres globose, .08 to .12 inch wide. Phyllaries 5-20 in 2-3 series, lanceolate, glabrous. Receptacles convex to conic. Ray florets 0. Disk florets 10--50, not all fertile; peripheral florets 6-25, pistillate; central florets 8-20, staminate; corolla yellow, .05 to .08 inch.
- Fruit
- Achenes tan to grayish brown, fusiform, minute, usually glabrous; pappus absent.
Ecology
- Habitat
- Sandy to gravelly mixed-grass and shortgrass prairies.
- Distribution
- Principally west 1/2 of Kansas
Practical Information
- Uses
- The leaves are used as the cooking herb tarragon. Native Americans took a tea of the roots for colds, dysentery and infant colic; applied the dried, powdered foliage to open sores; burned the plant to repel mosquitoes; and used the seeds for food.
Additional Notes
Comments
For Artemis, Greek goddess of hunting, wilderness, and wild animals.
Quick Facts
- Plant Type
- Wildflower
- Family
- Asteraceae - Sunflower Family
- Life Span
- Perennial
- Height
- 20-60 inches
- Origin
- Native
- Last Updated
- 2014-01-17
Color Groups
Yellow Wildflowers
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Blooms: August, September