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Photographer: Keir Morse
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Family Asteraceae
Artemisia dracunculus L.
dragon sage-wort, dragon wormwood, estragon, false tarragon
Artemisia: referring to the Greek goddess Artemis who so benefited from a plant of this family that she gave it her own name
dracunculus: from Greek for "a small dragon," and thus dragon-like
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| Status: | Special Concern |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 2'-5' tall forb; stems clustered; fibrous roots |
| Flower: | head yellow; inflorescence large, open, branched clusters; blooms July-Sept. |
| Fruit: | elliptical, dry seed |
| Leaf: | alternate, not slivery, mostly hairless, linear, usually undivided  |
| Habitat: | sun; dry |
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