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Artemisia porteri

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Asteraceae

Rank
  
Species

Order
  
Asterales

Genus
  
Artemisia

Similar
  
Artemisia papposa, Artemisia nesiotica, Artemisia pedatifida, Artemisia pygmaea, Artemisia alaskana

Artemisia porteri is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common names Porter's sagebrush, Porter's wormwood, and Porter mugwort. It is endemic to Wyoming in the United States, where it is known from Fremont, Johnson and Natrona Counties.

This plant is a perennial herb or small subshrub, growing in clumps or mats up to 14 centimeters tall. There are several woolly stems with silvery lobed leaves. Bell-shaped woolly flower heads contain small yellowish disc florets.

This plant grows in the badlands of central Wyoming. It can be found on substrates of mudstone and eroding clay which are mostly barren of vegetation.

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Artemisia porteri Wikipedia