Artemisia bigelovii
Bigelow sagebrush
Family AsteraceaeAlso called flat sagebrush, Bigelow sage
About
Bigelow sagebrush is a small, silvery, drought-tolerant shrub of the deserts of the southwestern United States.
Care at a glance
- Pet safety
- Not recorded. We have no source on whether this plant is safe for cats, dogs or other pets — that is not the same as safe. Keep it out of reach until you have checked.
- People
- Not recorded.
- Water
- Very drought-tolerant.
- Soil
- Sandy or limestone-rich soils.
- Mature size
- Up to about 50 cm tall.
Field notes
Morphology
Shrub from a woody base reaching about 50 cm, with many slender curving branches and shredding bark. Stems and leaves are coated in silvery hairs; leaves are under 3 cm long and end in a point or three teeth. Panicles of flower heads carry yellowish disc florets and occasionally a small ray floret.
Distribution & habitat
California (Inyo and San Bernardino counties), Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and Texas, in desert, basin, grassland and juniper woodland on sandy or limestone soils.
Ecology
Very drought-tolerant and valued as winter fodder for grazing animals.
Cultivation notes
Planted as cover on recovering rangeland and for erosion control.
Habitat
- Altitude
- Not recorded
- Altitude class
- —
- Native to
- United States
Cultivation
- Difficulty
- Not recorded
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