Artemisia californica - California sagebrush

California sagebrush (Artemisia californica) is an aromatic shrub native to the coastal sage scrub of California, its pollen used as a hay-fever desensitizer and its leaves used medicinally by Native American tribes.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 7¹
• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Hardiness zone 9¹
• Hardiness zone 10¹
• Full sun¹
• Well drained soil¹
• Moist soil¹

Outputs

• Medicinal use¹

Type

• Shrub

Functions

• Soil stabilization¹
• Fire resistance²

Footnotes

1. Artemisia californica | Plants for a Future ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰

2. Leaf burn times of California native plants, Las Pilitas Nursery, 2005 propane-torch ignition trial, live-leaf ignition time >60 seconds ↩