Silver Sagebrush
Artemisia cana
Silver sagebrush is a silvery, aromatic sagebrush of moist western flats and meadow edges, providing essential cover and forage for sage-steppe wildlife. Cold- and drought-hardy.
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 5–5 ft
- Spacing
- 2–4 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- July, August, September
- Bloom colors
- yellow
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, larval host, mammals
- Landscape uses
- foundation
- Native states
- AZ, CA, CO, ID, MN, MT, ND, NE, NM, NV, OR, SD, UT, WY
Related native plants
More Artemisia species
- California Sagebrush (Artemisia californica)
- Big Sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata)
- White Sagebrush (Artemisia ludoviciana)
- Prairie Sagewort (Artemisia frigida)
- Sandhill Sage (Artemisia pycnocephala)
- Sand Sagebrush (Artemisia filifolia)