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Pronunciation: ar-tem-IS-ee-a loo-doe-vis-ee-AY-na
Common name: Silver wormwood
Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower)
Habitat: Rocky soils, scrub, conifer forest to 7500', Southwest (except Channel Islands), Great Basin, Mojave Desert
Blooming period: July to September
Name derivations: 1) Artemisia 2) ludoviciana
NOTE: This was photographed at Short Canyon just south of Red Rock