Artemisia tripartita

Artemisia tripartita

Secure  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Artemisia
Species:
A. tripartita
Binomial name
Artemisia tripartita
Synonyms
  • Artemisia trifida Nutt. 1841 not Turcz. 1832
  • Seriphidium tripartitum (Rydb.) W.A.Weber

Artemisia tripartita is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common name threetip sagebrush. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to Nevada and Montana to Colorado. It covers about 8.4 million acres (3.4 million hectares) of the Rocky Mountains and Great Basin.