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Artemisia dracunculus L.
tarragon

       
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Photo of Artemisia dracunculus L.
Brother Alfred Brousseau. Courtesy of St. Mary's College of California. ©St. Mary's College of California. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.
 
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Artemisia dracunculus L.

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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:
Artemisia dracunculus L.

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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)
 

Related Taxa:
Artemisia dracunculus L.

View 477 genera in Asteraceae, 68 species in Artemisia
 

Classification:
Artemisia dracunculus L.

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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. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

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. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

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. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Artemisia dracunculus L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 35462.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View species account, photographs, and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

 
 
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