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Photographer: Emmet J. Judziewicz
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Family Asteraceae
Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. subsp. ludoviciana
Louisiana sage-wort, western mugwort, white sage
Artemisia: referring to the Greek goddess Artemis who so benefited from a plant of this family that she gave it her own name
ludoviciana: referring to King Louis X, therefore, by extension, to the State of Louisiana; a form of Latin meaning "of Louisiana"
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 1'-3' tall forb, unbranched to inflorescence; stems with white fuzz toward the top; from rhizomes |
| Flower: | head cream to green; inflorescence dense, long, spike-like clusters; blooms July-Oct. |
| Fruit: | dry seed |
| Leaf: | alternate, lance-shaped, silvery, mostly undivided or with a few large teeth or lobes, not feathery  |
| Habitat: | dry; prairies, disturbed sites |
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