Artemisia ludoviciana Calflora

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Taxon Report

Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt.

Mugwort, Silver wormwood

Artemisia ludoviciana is a perennial herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in North America and beyond.


	Plant Range Observation Search ~1368 records in California Plant Characteristics

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Subspecies and Varieties:
... ssp. albula ... ssp. candicans ... ssp. incompta ... ssp. ludoviciana ... ssp. mexicana
Genus:	Artemisia
Family:	Asteraceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Toxicity: Possible skin irritation from touching the leaf of this plant.
Do not eat the leaf of this plant.

Wetlands: Occurs usually in non wetlands, occasionally in wetlands

Communities: Sagebrush Scrub, Creosote Bush Scrub, Yellow Pine Forest, Red Fir Forest, Pinyon-Juniper Woodland

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + JEF + PLANTS + POWO

Information about Artemisia ludoviciana from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX This plant is available commercially. Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (ARLU) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2025. The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 03/29/2025).