Artemisia tridentata - Big sagebrush

Big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) is an aromatic evergreen shrub of the cold semi-arid North American steppe and high desert, widely used in traditional medicine.

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 3¹
• Hardiness zone 4¹
• Hardiness zone 5¹
• Hardiness zone 6¹
• Hardiness zone 7¹
• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Full sun¹
• Well drained soil¹
• Moist soil¹

Outputs

• Medicinal use¹

Type

• Shrub
• Evergreen

Functions

• Wildlife habitat¹
• Fire resistance²

Footnotes

1. Artemisia tridentata | Plants for a Future ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰ ↩¹¹

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