Artemisia carruthiiAlph.Wood ex J.H.Carruth

Carruth's sagewort

WFO wfo-0000003167 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Artemisia carruthii, photographed by Matt Lavin
fig. a Matt Lavin, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-05-28 / obs. 176731927
Artemisia carruthii, photographed by CK2AZ
fig. b CK2AZ, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 9844095
Artemisia carruthii, photographed by Craig Martin
fig. c Craig Martin, CC0 1.0 / obs. 152333882
Artemisia carruthii, photographed by Bobby McCabe
fig. d Bobby McCabe, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 140313021
Artemisia carruthii, photographed by Rod
fig. e Rod, CC0 1.0 / obs. 24632804
Artemisia carruthii, photographed by CK2AZ
fig. f CK2AZ, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 9849884
Artemisia carruthii, photographed by CK2AZ
fig. g CK2AZ, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 9551112
Artemisia carruthii, photographed by Craig Martin
fig. h Craig Martin, CC0 1.0 / obs. 3744886

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Native range 11 botanical countries

Regions where Artemisia carruthii is native: Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Michigan, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah ArizonaColoradoKansasMexico NortheastMexico NorthwestMichiganMissouriNew MexicoOklahomaTexasUtah
Native distribution of Artemisia carruthii, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Arizona ARI NORTHERN AMERICA
Colorado COL
Kansas KAN
Mexico Northeast MXE
Mexico Northwest MXN
Michigan MIC
Missouri MSO
New Mexico NWM
Oklahoma OKL
Texas TEX
Utah UTA

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 10 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Artemisia bakeri Greene
  • Artemisia carruthii var. carruthii
  • Artemisia carruthii var. wrightii (A.Gray) S.F.Blake
  • Artemisia coloradensis Osterh.
  • Artemisia kansana Britton
  • Artemisia vulgaris subsp. wrightii (A.Gray) H.M.Hall & Clem.
  • Artemisia vulgaris var. wrightii (A.Gray) E.J.Palmer & Steyerm.
  • Artemisia wrightii A.Gray
  • Artemisia wrightii var. coloradensis A.Nelson
  • Artemisia wrightii var. wrightii

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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