Carried by 3 nurseries
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Artemisia arbuscula is a species of sagebrush known by the common names little sagebrush, low sagebrush, or black sagebrush. It is native to the western United States from Washington to California to Colorado, where it grows in open, exposed habitat on dry, sterile soils high in rock and clay content. This is a gray-green to gray shrub forming mounds generally no higher than 30 centimeters. Its many branches are covered in hairy leaves each less than a centimeter long. The flower cluster is a spike-shaped array of clusters of hairy flower heads. Each head contains a few pale yellow disc florets. The fruit is a tiny achene less than a millimeter wide.
Shrub
1 - 2 ft Tall
Slow
White, Cream, Yellow
Summer
Bank stabilization, Groundcover
Full Sun
Low, Moderate
Moderate
Slow
Adaptable, tolerant of sand, loam and clay.
Clay soil slopes
Northern Juniper Woodland, Pinyon-Juniper Woodland, Sagebrush Scrub
Butterflies and moths supported
0 confirmed and 19 likely