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tarragon

Artemisia glauca

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25 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 55, February 40, March 63, April 100, May 144, June 157, July 167, August 144, September 106, October 79, November 43, December 34.
United States1,146
Alaska1,131
Russia687
Novosibirsk Oblast172
Altai Krai126
Chelyabinsk Oblast90
Omsk Oblast67
Tyumen Oblast54
Khakassia41
Kurgan Oblast25

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

Traits

Group and habits

  • Medicinal useListed as having medicinal use by a harvested source. This is not medical advice.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
  • Pollinator-associated plantDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with pollinators.Inferred from its group

Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.

Classification

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

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

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