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Artemisia dracunculus L.
tarragon

   
Symbol: ARDR4
Group: Dicot
Family: Asteraceae
Duration: Perennial
Growth Habit: Subshrub
Forb/herb
Native Status:  
L48    N
AK    I?
CAN    N



Photograph of Artemisia dracunculus L.
Brother Alfred Brousseau. Courtesy of St. Mary's College of California. ©St. Mary's College of California.
 
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Synonyms:
Artemisia dracunculus L.

  ARDR5 Artemisia dracunculoides Pursh
  ARDRD Artemisia dracunculoides Pursh var. dracunculina (S. Watson) S.F. Blake
  ARDRG Artemisia dracunculus L. ssp. glauca (Pall. ex Willd.) H.M. Hall & Clem.
  ARDRG2 Artemisia dracunculus L. var. glauca (Pall. ex Willd.) Besser
  ARGL12 Artemisia glauca Pall. ex Willd.
  ARGLD2 Artemisia glauca Pall. ex Willd. var. dracunculina (S. Watson) Fernald
  OLDR Oligosporus dracunculus (L.) Poljakov
  OLDRD Oligosporus dracunculus (L.) Poljakov ssp. dracunculinus (S. Watson) W.A. Weber
  OLDRG Oligosporus dracunculus (L.) Poljakov ssp. glaucus (Pall. ex Willd.) A. Löve & D. Löve
 

Distribution by State:
Artemisia dracunculus L.

Distributional Map for Artemisia dracunculus L.
Distribution Map Legend

Artemisia dracunculus L. distribution:
USA (AK, AZ, CA, CO, CT, IA, ID, IL, KS, MA, MN, MO, MT, ND, NE, NM, NV, NY, OK, OR, SD, TX, UT, WA, WI, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, ON, SK, YT)

County distributions for the following U.S. states are available at PLANTS:
AK, AZ, CA, CO, IA, ID, IL, KS, MA, MN, MO, MT, ND, NE, NM, NV, NY, OK, OR, SD, TX, UT, WA, WI, WY

 

Related Taxa:
Artemisia dracunculus L.

477 genera in Asteraceae, 68 species in Artemisia
 

Classification:
Artemisia dracunculus L.

     
Kingdom   Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom   Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision   Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division   Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class   Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass   Asteridae
Order   Asterales
Family   Asteraceae – Aster family
Genus   Artemisia L. – sagebrush
Species   Artemisia dracunculus L. – tarragon
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Artemisia dracunculus L.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists.

Illinois:
false tarragon Endangered
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Artemisia dracunculus L.

false tarragon
green sagewort
silky wormwood
tarragon

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above.

NE&GP Stubbendieck, J., G.Y. Friisoe, & M.R. Bolick. 1994. Weeds of Nebraska and the Great Plains. Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Lincoln, Nebraska. 589pp.
 

Introduced Information:
Artemisia dracunculus L.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts.
 

 

 
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