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Artemisia frigida Willd.

Prairie sagewort

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Artemisia frigida (prairie sagewort)

8/28/2014 · Eagle Nest Lake, Eagle Nest, New Mex­ico · ≈ 7 × 11″ (18 × 28 cm)

Artemisia frigida (prairie sagewort)

8/30/2014 · New Mex­ico · ≈ 7 × 10″ (16 × 25 cm)

Artemisia frigida (prairie sagewort)

8/28/2014 · Eagle Nest Lake, Eagle Nest, New Mex­ico · ≈ 8 × 8″ (21 × 19 cm)

KingdomPlantaePlants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin)
SubkingdomTracheobiontaVascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
DivisionMagnoliophytaFlowering plants, also known as angiosperms
ClassMagnoliopsidaDicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves
SubclassAsteridaeA large class that encompasses asters
OrderAsteralesFlowering plants with a central disk flower and surrounding petals, like daisies
FamilyAsteraceaeThe aster family, which also includes daisies and sunflowers; from the Greek ἀστήρ, “star,” for the star-shaped flowers
GenusArtemisiaFrom the Greek goddess Artemis, who gave it her own name because it helped cure her (there are other possible reasons for the derivation of this name too)
SpeciesfrigidaStiff

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Artemisia frigida description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.

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