Stats

Lifespan: Perennial
Size: Small
Diet: Photosynthetic
Biome: Temperate grassland
Range: Northern Hemisphere
Movement: Sessile
Breeding: Seeds
Defense: Toxins
Status: Uncommon

About

Fringed sagebrush is a low, spreading silver-gray subshrub native to the dry plains and prairies of North America, its leaves so finely dissected they appear feathery. Tiny yellow flower heads emerge on slender stems above the silvery foliage from late summer into fall.

Life cycle

1.
seed
A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
2.
sprout
A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
3.
sapling
A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
4.
mature
Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Artemisia
Species: Artemisia frigida