Artemisia ludoviciana subsp. ludoviciana

Family: Asteraceae · Type: perennial · Native

White sagebrush is a California native perennial found in the Klamath Ranges, northern Coast Ranges, Sierra Nevada, San Joaquin Valley, southwestern California, Great Basin, and Mojave Desert in rocky soils, scrub, and conifer forest at elevations below 2,600 meters. Flowering from July to September, this plant produces small greenish-white flowers in narrow clusters with 6 to 20 disk flowers. Growing with upright stems 30 to 90 centimeters tall, it forms clumps with a distinctive white-tomentose appearance. Its leaves are primarily 3 to 11 centimeters long, initially white-woolly on both surfaces, sometimes becoming less hairy, with entire margins or occasionally few-toothed near the leaf tip. The plant is characterized by its soft, silvery-white foliage that creates a distinctive landscape presence in dry, rocky environments.

Habitat: Rocky soils, scrub, conifer forest

Bloom period: Jul-Sep

Elevation: < 2600 m

Bioregions: KR, NCoRO, SN, SnJV, SW (exc ChI), GB, DMoj

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.