Sandsage

Common Name: Sandsage

Other Names: Sand Sagebrush, Sand Wormwood

Species Name: Artemisia filifolia

Plant Type: Woody

Family Name: Asteraceae, Sunflower Tribe

Plant Facts
Origin	Native
Duration	Perennial
Distribution in the U.S.	Throughout the Great Plains from Wyoming and the Dakotas to northern Mexico; also found in the southern portion of the Great Basin in Nevada, Utah and Arizona
Distribution in Oklahoma	Western third of the state

ID Characteristics

Field Identification Characteristics
Vegetative
- Low-growing shrub; branching low
- Noticeable gray foliage
- Leaves thread-like; can have none to 3 lobes
- Leaves smell of mentholatum when crushed
Leaf and Stem Characteristics
- Growth Form: Shrubs
- Leaf Type: Simple
- Leaf Arrangement: Alternate
- Leaf Blade Edge: Entire to 3-lobed (some leaves filiform)
- Leaf Blade Length: 1.5-6 centimeters
Floral Characteristics
- Petal Number: 1-3 ray florets, 1-6 disc florets
- Flower Color: Discs white to yellow-white
- Flower Timing: July-October
- Fruit Type: Achenes

Habitat/Ecology
Soil Type	Sandy
Habitat	Stabilized sand dunes or deep loose sands
Successional Stage	Late

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