Introductory
SPECIES: Artemisia ludoviciana | Louisiana Sagewort 



ABBREVIATION : 
ARTLUD

SYNONYMS : 
   Artemisia vulgaris var. ludoviciana
   Artemisia gnaphalodes


SCS PLANT CODE : 
   ARLU
   ARLUA
   ARLUC8
   ARLUE
   ARLUI2
   ARLUL2
   ARLUM2
   ARLUR
   ARLUS


COMMON NAMES : 
   Louisiana sagewort
   Louisiana sage
   Louisiana sagebrush
   cudweed sagebrush
   prairie sage
   western mugwort
   cudweed sagewort


TAXONOMY : 
The fully documented scientific species name of Louisiana sagewort is
Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt.  This species complex contains much
morphological and adaptive variation.  Currently recognized subspecies
are [30]:

A. l. ssp. albula (Woot.) Keck  white sagebrush
A. l. ssp. canicans (Rybd.) Keck  gray sagewort
A. l. spp. estesii Chambers  Estes' sagebrush
A. l. ssp. incompta (Nutt.) Keck  mountain sagewort
A. l. ssp. ludoviciana  foothill sagewort
A. l. ssp. mexicana (Willd.) Keck  Mexican white sagebrush
A. l. ssp. redolens (Gray) Keck  white dagebrush
A. l. ssp. sulcata (Rydb.) Keck  white sagebrush


LIFE FORM : 
Forb

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
See OTHER STATUS

OTHER STATUS : 
A. l. ssp. estesii is federally listed as a Category 2 plant [32].


COMPILED BY AND DATE : 
N. McMurray, February 1987


LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : 
NO-ENTRY


AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : 
McMurray, Nancy M. 1987. Artemisia ludoviciana. In: Remainder of Citation

Related categories for Species: Artemisia ludoviciana | Louisiana Sagewort