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Alaska Wormwood Artemisia alaskana

Native

Alaska Wormwood is a perennial shrub native to Alaska and Canada.

More about this plant

Artemisia kruhsiana, also known as Alaskan sagebrush, Alaskan wormwood, and Siberian wormwood, is a species of plant in the sunflower family. It is found in Asia from eastern Siberia to the northern Russian Far East, and in North America from Alaska, British Columbia, Yukon, and the Northwest Territories. Wikipedia →

Growing & care

USDA PLANTS · TRY
Size & form
Sources · Size & form
USDA PLANTS — Lifespan
Lifespan
Perennial
In the garden
Shrub layer — Sits in the shrub of a layered food forest or polyculture.Open guide →
derived roles
Species characteristics from USDA PLANTS (public domain) + TRY (CC BY) — general guidance, not a guarantee for your exact site. Deer "browsing" is documented palatability, not a deer-proof claim.

Wildlife & pollinators

How pollinator value is scored →
❧ Caterpillar hosts ~12 caterpillar species

Artemisia supports ~12 caterpillar species.

Native butterfly & moth caterpillars are the base of the terrestrial food web — most songbirds rear their young almost entirely on them. As a host for native Lepidoptera this is a moderate genus.

Recorded feeding on Artemisia in North America, including:

Abagrotis duanca · owlet moth Abagrotis nanalis · owlet moth Agdistis adactyla · plume moth Agonopterix clarkei · concealer moth Apantesis nais · Nais Tiger Moth Arachnis picta · Painted Tiger Moth
+ 8 more species →
Aroga eldorada · twirler moth Aroga rigidae · twirler moth Aroga trilineella · twirler moth Aseptis characta · owlet moth Aseptis susquesa · owlet moth Bucculatrix arnicella · ribbed cocoon-maker moth Bucculatrix koebelella · ribbed cocoon-maker moth Bucculatrix leptalea · ribbed cocoon-maker moth
Keystone count (genus-level) from Warren II 2026 (CC0) · Tallamy host-use records. Named species (a documented Nearctic sample, not exhaustive) from NHM HOSTS (CC0).
Species thumbnails re-hosted from iNaturalist — Creative Commons, credited per image (hover for credit). Click any species to see it on iNaturalist. Not exhaustive; many taxa have no openly-licensed photo yet.
Sources for this entry (11) Open & cited
[01] Scientific name & family — USDA PLANTS (DwCA, Zenodo 17903503)
[02] Growth habit & duration — USDA PLANTS (DwCA, Zenodo 17903503)
[03] Native status & distribution — USDA PLANTS (DwCA, Zenodo 17903503)
[04] Common name — USDA PLANTS (via GBIF)
[05] Invasive / introduced status — USDA PLANTS (DwCA, Zenodo 17903503) — native status
[07] Description — Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
[08] Ecological value — Warren II 2026 (CC0) · Tallamy host-use counts
[09] Conservation rank — NatureServe Explorer (CC BY)
[10] Caterpillar host count — Warren II 2026 (Dryad, CC0) · Tallamy host-use counts
[11] Caterpillar species — NHM HOSTS (CC0)
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