Artemisia rupestrisL.

sagebrush

WFO wfo-0000010864 Accepted WFO 2026-06 5 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–e · 2 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 2 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Artemisia rupestris, photographed by Alexander Dubynin
fig. a Alexander Dubynin, CC BY 4.0 / 2020-07-24 / obs. 107708743
Artemisia rupestris, photographed by Alexander Dubynin
fig. b Alexander Dubynin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 107709196
Artemisia rupestris, photographed by Alexander Dubynin
fig. c Alexander Dubynin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 107708753
Artemisia rupestris, photographed by Alexander Dubynin
fig. d Alexander Dubynin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 107709206
Artemisia rupestris, photographed by Alexander Dubynin
fig. e Alexander Dubynin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 107708762

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Native range 21 botanical countries

Regions where Artemisia rupestris is native: Afghanistan, Altay, Buryatiya, Chita, Irkutsk, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Mongolia, Tadzhikistan, Tuva, Uzbekistan, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yakutiya, Baltic States, East European Russia, Germany, North European Russia, Sweden, Yukon AfghanistanAltayBuryatiyaChitaIrkutskKazakhstanKirgizstanKrasnoyarskMongoliaTadzhikistanTuvaUzbekistanWest SiberiaXinjiangYakutiyaBaltic StatesEast European RussiaGermanyNorth European RussiaSwedenYukon
Native distribution of Artemisia rupestris, 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
Afghanistan AFG ASIA-TEMPERATE
Altay ALT
Buryatiya BRY
Chita CTA
Irkutsk IRK
Kazakhstan KAZ
Kirgizstan KGZ
Krasnoyarsk KRA
Mongolia MON
Tadzhikistan TZK
Tuva TVA
Uzbekistan UZB
West Siberia WSB
Xinjiang CHX
Yakutiya YAK
Baltic States BLT EUROPE
East European Russia RUE
Germany GER
North European Russia RUN
Sweden SWE
Yukon YUK NORTHERN AMERICA

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 7 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.

  • Absinthium rupestre (L.) Besser
  • Absinthium rupestre (L.) Schrank
  • Absinthium rupestre var. rupestre
  • Absinthium viridiflorum var. rupestre (L.) Besser
  • Absinthium viridifolium var. rupestre (L.) Besser
  • Artemisia rupestris subsp. rupestris
  • Artemisia rupestris subsp. woodii Neilson

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. USDA PLANTS Database. common name, checklist symbol ARRU14. public domain. 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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