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© Ernie Marx
cudweed sagewort
Artemisia ludoviciana
Fort Collins
- Dimensions
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Height: 8.0 in. to 3.0 ft.
Spread: 2.0 ft. to 3.0 ft. - Growth Form
- Herbaceous, Subshrub
- Program Association
- Nature in the City
- Wildlife Uses
- Grassland Birds, Large Mammals, Medium-Sized Mammals, Pollinators/ Invertebrates, Shrubland Birds, Small Mammals, Woodland Birds
- Sun Requirements
- Full Sun
- Water Requirements
- Very Low, Low
- Plant Community
- Foothills, Plains
- Season of Bloom
- July, August, September, October
- Flower Color
- White Shades
- Leaf Color
- Gray Shades, Green Shades
- Aggressiveness
- Spreads Underground
- Design Considerations
- Fragrant
- Other Considerations
- Deer Tolerant
- Duration
- Perennial
- Natural Landscape Position
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Fort Collins Model
1, 2 - Soil Type
- Rocky, Sandy
- Pests/Disease Prone
- No
- Hazards/Toxic
- No City Data.
Notes
Flora of North America recognizes six subspecies of A. ludoviciana, all are native to the U.S. Four subspecies (albula, incompta, ludoviciana and mexicana) are native to Colorado and the Fort Collins area. Subspecies candicans grows in the western half of the U.S. and subspecies redolens is found in Texas, Arizona and New Mexico.
This species is wind pollinated and is an important larval host plant for native butterflies.