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Silver Sagebrush
Artemisia cana
  
2 Nurseries Carry This Plant

About Silver Sagebrush (Artemisia cana) 2 Nurseries Carry This Plant Silver Sagebrush (Artemisia cana) is a native shrub that grows in Central and Northern California, primarily in the High Cascade Range, the Sierra Nevada Foothills and High Sierra Nevada regions. It is moderately fast growing and long-lived. It grows in an upright form to a height of 5 feet, with active growth during the spring, summer, fall. Flowers are yellow and bloom in the late summer. Leaves are gray-green and deciduous. It tends to grow in meadows and streambanks and gravelly places, at elevations from 5200-10800 feet.
Plant Description
Plant Type
Plant Type
Shrub

Size
Size
3 - 5 ft tall

Form
Form
Upright

Growth Rate
Growth Rate
Moderate

Dormancy
Dormancy
Winter Deciduous

Flower Color
Flower Color
Yellow, Cream, White

Flowering Season
Flowering Season
Summer, Fall

Wildlife Supported
 


 
Butterflies & moths hosted ( 1 confirmed , 20 likely * ) SHOW ALL
Hemileuca hera Image
Hera Buckmoth Hemileuca heraHemileuca hera
*
Vanessa cardui Image
Painted Lady Vanessa carduiVanessa cardui
*
Vanessa virginiensis Image
American Lady Vanessa virginiensisVanessa virginiensis
*
Papilio machaon Image
Old World Swallowtail Papilio machaonPapilio machaon
*
Lycaena rubidus Image
Ruddy Copper Lycaena rubidusLycaena rubidus
*
Hyles lineata Image
White-lined Sphinx Hyles lineataHyles lineata
*
Arachnis picta Image
Painted Tiger Moth Arachnis pictaArachnis picta

Landscaping Information
Sun
Sun
Full Sun

Nurseries
Nurseries
Carried by 2

Ease of Care
Ease of Care
Moderately Easy

Soil Drainage
Soil Drainage
Fast

Soil Description
Soil Description
Adaptable, tolerant of sand, loam and clay

Common uses
Common uses
Bird Gardens

Natural Setting
Site Type
Site Type
Meadows, streambanks and gravelly places

Climate
Climate
Annual Precipitation: 6.1" - 74.9", Summer Precipitation: 0.29" - 2.68", Coldest Month: 21.3" - 44.6", Hottest Month: 44.4" - 74.0", Humidity: 0.43" - 24.79", Elevation: 1824" - 10837"


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Sources include: Wikipedia. All text shown in the "About" section of these pages is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the California Consortia of Herbaria, Sunset information provided by Jepson Flora Project. Propogation from seed information provided by the Santa Barbara Botanical Garden from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Emery. Sources of plant photos include CalPhotos, Wikimedia Commons, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Other general sources of information include Calflora, CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online, Jepson Flora Project, Las Pilitas, Theodore Payne, Tree of Life, The Xerces Society, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.

Links:   Jepson eFlora Taxon Page  CalPhotos  Wikipedia  Calflora


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