Common Name:
Sagebrush, Woodworm
Some 400 species of annuals, perennials, subshrubs, and shrubs, occassionally tree-like, usually aromatic. Leaves alternate, from simple unlobed to more commonly palmately and pinnately compound, often whitish-silver, hairy. Generally many small flowers per cluster.
Artemisia: after the Greek goddess Artemis.
Pronunciation:
ar-te-MIZ-i-a
Family:
Compositae, Asteraceae