Sandhill Sage
Artemisia pycnocephala
Sandhill sage is a soft, silver-white coastal California subshrub forming low aromatic mounds on dunes and bluffs, salt- and drought-tolerant for seaside gardens. Like other sagebrushes, the leaves have documented flavoring and tea use.
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1–2 ft
- Spacing
- 2–3 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral
- Bloom
- July, August
- Bloom colors
- white, yellow
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, larval host, mammals
- Landscape uses
- foundation, container
- Native states
- CA, OR
Related native plants
More Artemisia species
- California Sagebrush (Artemisia californica)
- Big Sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata)
- White Sagebrush (Artemisia ludoviciana)
- Prairie Sagewort (Artemisia frigida)
- Sand Sagebrush (Artemisia filifolia)
- Silver Sagebrush (Artemisia cana)