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Photographer: Emmet J. Judziewicz
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Family Asteraceae
Artemisia biennis Willd.
biennial sage-wort, biennial wormwood
Artemisia: referring to the Greek goddess Artemis who so benefited from a plant of this family that she gave it her own name
biennis: biennial, completing the life cycle in two growing seasons, usually blooming and fruiting in the second
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| Status: | Introduced - naturalized |
| Plant: | erect, annual/biennial, 1'-10' tall, hairless, smooth, mostly odorless forb |
| Flower: | head greenish, 1/8" wide, almost stalkless; inflorescence dense, spike-like clusters; blooms Aug.-Oct. |
| Fruit: | elliptical, dry seed |
| Leaf: | alternate, not silvery, mostly hairless, feathery, cut almost to the mid-rib, lobes toothed  |
| Habitat: | disturbed sites, streambanks; in sandy soil |
| (Glossary) |
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