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Hoary Mugwort

Artemisia stelleriana

6,169 observations in the source records

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) bgsmith, some rights reserved (CC BY)

28 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

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What the records say

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Massachusetts.January 68, February 61, March 74, April 121, May 223, June 131, July 112, August 164, September 180, October 94, November 69, December 65.
Canada3,841
United States2,419
Massachusetts1,409
Quebec1,316
Nova Scotia940
New Brunswick695
Prince Edward Island394
Alaska324
New York301
Russia192

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Forb or herb growth formListed by a harvested source as having a forb or herbaceous growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Perennial plantListed by a harvested source as having a perennial life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Pollinator-associated plantDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with pollinators.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderSunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies · Asterales
FamilySunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies · Asteraceae
Genuswormwoods and sagebrushes · Artemisia

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Hoary Mugwort with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.