Artemisia ludoviciana (Prairie Sage)?
This wildflower with ~1.25" silvery, lobed leaves was found growing on a caliche, prairie slope. Its leaves had a Mugwort/Ragweedish smell when rubbed. Seems to resemble the Prairie Sage mentioned in another post... What is it?
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Jay 6a Chicago
2 months agolast modified: 2 months agoLooks like Silver Wormwood to me.
I thought maybe the sap was used on one's face, one's mug?
Wormwood is Artemisia as a de-wormer, usually mixed with alcohol.
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Comments (15)grandmama you must be in a less hot and humid zone 7 than me. The only luck I've had with silver mound is in nearly total shade here. That poor thing looks like an old roadkill after 400+ cars have run over it, only a bit of the fur is left. I bought 10 of them and lost them all except one plant that is in full shade. Its always for sale in nursery's but I never see nice clumps growing anywhere around here.......hum, I wonder why? On the other hand, I saw an entire front yard the other day that was at least 3/4's taken up with Powis Castle. The people seemed to be using it as a lawn replacement.... I dug up a wild silver one--a prairie sage in Kansas-- obviously a member of the mugwort family. We are talking serious world domination on that one, much more aggressive than Silver King underground. One I like is the annual, Sweet Annie if you cut it before it seeds. I absolutely love the smell and it makes great wreaths and a nice plant (in my eyes anyway which tends toward wild and rangy at times) I know green mugwort is a plant that originated in Gardener's Hell from everything I have read and its not even silver, makes you wonder why would anyone want to plant that? But, people have. I also read that planting Wormwood is just asking for trouble but even the ones that spread have been easily manageable for me because you can practically just pull it out of the ground after a decent rain....See MoreNeed recommendations
Comments (4)You can pull the asters right out of wet ground or dig them up if its dry and transplant them, they hardly seem to notice they've been relocated in my experience. I got several starts that way. I've been using Silver King artemisia like crazy here on a bank, its filling in nice, not too aggressive and it does well in partial sun. There is a mugwort that grows wild which is very aggressive, sounds like you might have that one, there is a silver version and a green one. I've heard it called the Mugwort from Hell. I pulled some Maximillian sunflowers straight out of a ditch a couple years back, its like the whole thing is one big plant underground and the hefty roots just break free from the clump. I hauled the dripping mess to my trunk one Sunday in my best clothes. I put them in a bucket when I got home and they transplanted with hardly a whimper and they form a big clump that gets bigger in diameter every year with more stalks coming up. These were from a place where they are putting in a new road to some apartments on the edge of the city. (I don't need to be lectured by someone jumping in and saying its wrong to dig up plants from the wild) Liatris don't really form clumps although I see lots of them growing together in spots sometimes very thickly. They have long taproots. Be sure to get a type good in wetter soil, otherwise they will snake along the ground and not do well. What about Amorpha fruticosa (Indigo Bush)? It likes extra moisture. 4 x 8 ft shrub. If it was me, I'd go for some varieties of Switchgrass. Its so pretty in the wind and looks good all season and in winter. It likes wet. Santa Rosa has their fall sale going on, I ordered three more myself, it looks gorgeous massed....See MoreCan anybody tell me if this is wild sage. This is in Minnesota.
Comments (6)It's definitely the artemesia ludoviciana. It's a known medicinal plant used by American Indian tribes. It's got its uses in cooking but I don't think you could make an entire salad of the stuff!!! https://keys2liberty.wordpress.com/tag/artemisia-ludoviciana/ By the way, you won't find wild sage all over the place in the Midwest since it's sensitive to cold and wet in the winters. It's easy to grow from seed....See Moreblakrab Centex
2 months agoJay 6a Chicago
2 months agolast modified: 2 months agoArtemisia ludoviciana is also used for smudge sticks, and as incense. It should drive out evil spirits from your dwelling, and your spirit, just as well as White Sage, Salvia californica does. If you add cedar and sweetgrass to your sticks, the evil spirits will be forced to flee the entire metro DFW area. I was going to use my vollunteer sweet annie, A. annua, for smudge sticks, but duh I didn't know you have to roll them before the plants dry out. I will have to use it as incense instead. You can also use culinary sage for smudge. It will send positive energy to your kitchen, dining room, and pantry. A go to smudge for when you want to impress that special someone with your cooking.
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2 months agolast modified: 2 months agoJay 6a Chicago
2 months agolast modified: 2 months agoI bought smudge sticks on road trips through the southwest. I think they were white sage. I haven't tried any sticks made from A. ludoviciana. I grew Salvia argentea because I thought it was the species used for smudges. Argentea has nice foliage. The S. aegentea didn't overwinter here. Either too cold or too wet for it. You can use smudge sticks made from Autumn Sage for when you want to drive out people and animals from your dwelling. We have Artemisia ludoviciana subsp. gnaphalodes here in the north. The leaves on it aren't lobed.
Artemisia ludoviciana subsp. gnaphalodes
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