Artemisia filifolia

Torrey

Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 2: 211. 1827.

Common names: Sand sage
Endemic
Synonyms: Artemisia plattensis Nuttall Oligosporus filifolius (Torrey) Poljakov
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 19. Treatment on page 508. Mentioned on page 504, 505.

Shrubs, 60–180 cm (rounded), faintly aromatic. Stems green or gray-green, wandlike (usually slender, curved, sometimes stout and stunted in harsh habitats), glabrous or sparsely hairy. Leaves gray-green; blades linear if entire, obovate if lobed, (1.5–) 2–5 (–6) × 0.1–2.5 cm, entire to 3-lobed, lobes filiform (less than 1 mm wide), apices acute, glabrous or sparsely hairy. Heads (mostly sessile) in paniculiform arrays 8–15 (–17) × 2–4 (–5) cm (branches erect to somewhat recurved). Involucres globose, 1.5–2 × 1.5–2 mm. Phyllaries (ovate, inconspicuous, margins scarious) densely hairy. Florets: pistillate 1–4; functionally staminate 3–6; corollas pale-yellow, 1–1.5 mm, glabrous. Cypselae oblong (distally incurved-falcate and oblique), 0.2–0.5 mm, obscurely nerved, glabrous. 2n = 18.


Phenology: Flowering late summer–early winter.
Habitat: Open prairies, dunes, sandy soils
Elevation: 500–2000 m

Distribution

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Ariz., Colo., Kans., Nebr., Nev., N.Mex., Okla., S.Dak., Tex., Utah, Wyo.

Discussion

One of the more easily distinguished of the shrubby Artemisia species, A. filifolia occurs in sandy soils and cohabits with species of Yucca, Cactaceae, and Salvia dorrii, the purple sage of western literary fame. Its filiform leaves and faintly aromatic foliage distinguish it from members of subg. Tridentatae.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

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... more about "Artemisia filifolia"
not tailed +  and obtuse +
hairy +  and glabrous +
scarious +
spiciform +, racemiform +, paniculiform +  and corymbiform +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
Leila M. Shultz +
Torrey +
decurrent +
compound +  and simple +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
entire;3-lobed +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
Sand sage +
zygomorphic +, actinomorphic +  and (3-)5-merous +
subglobose +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
fertile +  and bisexual +
fertile +  and bisexual +
Ariz. +, Colo. +, Kans. +, Nebr. +, Nev. +, N.Mex. +, Okla. +, S.Dak. +, Tex. +, Utah +  and Wyo. +
500–2000 m +
gland-dotted +
hairy +  and glabrous +
staminate +  and pistillate +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Open prairies, dunes, sandy soils +
spiciform +  and racemiform +
in subcapitate clusters +  and singly +
15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br /> (17 cm170 mm <br />0.17 m <br />) +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
indeterminate +
8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
heterogamous +  and homogamous +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
each +  and sessile +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
sessile +  and petiolate +
gray-green +
deciduous +
basal +  and cauline +
filiform +
entire +  and dentate +
2-carpellate +
persistent +
Flowering late summer–early winter. +
2 +  and 20 +
Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York +
styliferous +, neuter +  and pistillate +
sterile +  and fertile +
conic;convex;conic;convex;flat +
2 +  and 5 +
exalbuminous +
gray-green +  and green +
hairy +  and glabrous +
1 +  and 10 +
wand-like +
appendaged +  and truncate +
papillate +
Artemisia plattensis +  and Oligosporus filifolius +
Artemisia filifolia +
Artemisia subg. Drancunculus +
species +
funnel +  and subglobose +
cylindric +
taprooted +  and fibrous-rooted +
perennial +  and biennial +
taprooted +  and fibrous-rooted +