Field Sagewort

Artemesia campestris subsp. caudata (Michx.) Hall & Clem.

Asteraceae (Aster Family)

▲ seedling

▲ ▼ first year growth

▲ second year growth prior to flowering

▲ flowering stem

▲  leaf

Field Sagewort, Beach Wormwood:  (pp. 74-75 in Weeds of the Great Plains; not in Weeds of the Northeast)

·         forms a rosette of gray-green, non-fragrant, finely-divided (ferny) leaves first year

·         sends up flowering stem that is much-branched toward the top, with tiny axillary flowers (grows 2-4 feet tall)

·         native plant; found in sandy, infertile soils, more in northern midwest

·         toxic to livestock