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threetip sagebrush
Artemisia tripartita var. tripartita
Colorado
- Synonyms
- Seriphidium tripartitum, Artemisia argillosa
- Dimensions
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Height: 8.0 in. to 4.0 ft.
Spread: 8.0 in.; to 3.0 ft. - Growth Form
- Shrub
- Program Association
- Nature in the City
- Wildlife Uses
- Pollinators/ Invertebrates, Shrubland Birds, Small Mammals
- Sun Requirements
- Full Sun
- Water Requirements
- Very Low, Low
- Plant Community
- Foothills, Mountains
- Season of Bloom
- July, August, September
- Flower Color
- Inconspicious
- Leaf Color
- Blue Shades, Gray Shades, Green Shades
- Aggressiveness
- No City Data
- Design Considerations
- Evergreen
- Other Considerations
- Limited Availability
- Duration
- Perennial
- Soil Type
- Rocky, Shallow
- Pests/Disease Prone
- No
- Hazards/Toxic
- No City Data.
Notes
This species is wind pollinated and is an important larval host plant for native butterflies.
Flora of North America recognizes two varieties of A. tripartita, both native to the U.S. Variety rupicola is native only to Wyoming and variety tripartita is native to much of the West including Colorado.