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Artemisia frigida

Species category

Flower, Shrub or Tree

Common name

prairie sagewort

Diagnostic characters

Planting unit

AcheneAchene:
A dry, hard, one-chambered, one-seeded indehiscent fruit, as in buckwheat (Fagopyrum) or sunflower (Helianthus). The fruit wall is not united with the seed coat.

Shape

SpatulateSpatulate:
Having a narrow base and rounded apex. Pear-shaped.

Size

  • Length: 1 mm
  • Width: 0.5 mm
  • Thickness: 0.25 mm

Color

Brown

Texture

Netting small and weak

Other structures

Thin pericarpPericarp:
Fruit wall; derived from the ovary wall.

Identification notes

Few or no longitudinal markings.

Noxious weed seed categories

Not listed

AOSA examination list

Not included

Nomenclature

Family

Asteraceae

Valid name

Artemisia frigida Willd.

Artemisia frigida.  Texture is weak with small netting.
Artemisia frigida. Texture is weak with small netting.
Artemisia frigida.  Spatulate achene with few or no longitudinal markings.
Artemisia frigida. Spatulate achene with few or no longitudinal markings.