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Lebsack, Tom

Artemisia dracunculus

Artemisia dracunculus L.

Tarragon

Asteraceae (Aster Family)

Synonym(s): Artemisia dracunculoides, Artemisia dracunculoides var. dracunculina, Artemisia dracunculus ssp. glauca, Artemisia dracunculus var. glauca, Artemisia glauca, Artemisia glauca var. dracunculina, Oligosporus dracunculus, Oligosporus dracunculus ssp. dracunculinus, Oligosporus dracunculus ssp. glaucus

USDA Symbol: ARDR4

USDA Native Status: L48 (N), AK (I?), CAN (N)

Hairless, shrub-like; from short rhizome.

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Plant Characteristics

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Subshrub
Size Notes: Up to about 5 feet tall.
Fruit: Fruit is a cypsela (pl. cypselae). Though technically incorrect, the fruit is often referred to as an achene.

Bloom Information

Bloom Color: Yellow
Bloom Time: Jul , Aug , Sep , Oct , Nov

Distribution

USA: AK , AZ , CA , CO , CT , IA , ID , IL , KS , MA , MN , MO , MT , ND , NE , NJ , NM , NV , NY , OK , OR , SD , TX , UT , WA , WI , WY
Canada: AB , BC , MB , ON , SK , YT
Native Distribution: Widely distributed; Alaska (rare) and across most of Canada; in the contiguous U.S., from the Pacific coast to the Great Lakes and Texas; also Massachusetts to New Jersey.
Native Habitat: Desert shrub communities to subalpine woods.

National Wetland Indicator Status

Region:	AGCP	AK	AW	CB	EMP	GP	HI	MW	NCNE	WMVE
Status:			FACU							FACU

This information is derived from: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. (2023). 2022 National Wetland Plant List, version 3.6. U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, MS. https://wetland-plants.usace.army.mil/. Click here for map of regions.

From the National Organizations Directory

According to the species list provided by Affiliate Organizations, this plant is on display at the following locations:

Tohono Chul Park, Inc. - Tucson, AZ
National Butterfly Center - Mission, TX
NPSOT - Williamson County Chapter - Georgetown, TX

Web Reference

Webref 38 - Flora of North America (2019) Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
Webref 23 - Southwest Environmental Information Network (2009) SEINet - Arizona Chapter

Additional resources

USDA: Find Artemisia dracunculus in USDA Plants
FNA: Find Artemisia dracunculus in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Artemisia dracunculus

Metadata

Record Modified: 0000-00-00
Research By: TWC Staff

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