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Tarragon, False Tarragon, Green Sagewort
Artemesia dracunculus L.
Asteraceae (Aster Family)
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Artemisia dracunculus L., Wild Tarragon: (Bayer Code: ARTDR; US Code ARDR4)
· Native simple perennial, semi-woody plant with bright-green, linear leaves
· Grows 1-3 feet tall, often with many upright branches that are stiff and stemmy (not palatable); stems are often reddish
· Leaves are green, linear, unlobed and may have no odor to moderate fragrance fragrant
· Flowers are tiny, green in axils of leaves on upper stems
· May be toxic if consumed by livestock in great quantity
· Can be distinguished from field sagewort in that wild tarragon has linear leaves, rather than the divided leaves of field sagewort
· Found in dry, sandy soils; more common in upper Midwest
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Updated 19 January 2019