General: Michaux's Sagebrush (Artemisia michauxiana) is a high-elevation, fairly low-growing, brushy shrub with green, upright stems and highly dissected leaves. Flowerheads are small and borne along the upper stem.

Michaux's Sagebrush is a fairly common component of high mountain alpine communities in drier areas along ridges and slopes in the Alpine Tundra (Alpine) life zone. Around Las Vegas, look for this species in the Spring Mountains.

Family: Sunflower (Asteraceae).

Other Names: Michaux's wormwood, Michaux sagebrush, lemon sagewort.

Plant Form: Upright, brushy shrub.

Height: To about 3 feet.

Stems: Upright, herbaceous, unbranched, green.

Leaves: Highly dissected, sessile.

Flowers: Blooms during summer. Inflorescence: flowerheads along about 5-7 inches of stem, held close to stem. Flowerheads very small; individual flowers tiny.

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Habitat: High mountain ridges.

Elevation: Above 10,000 feet.

Distribution: Western North America.

Comments: It doesn't look like it, but this is a species of sagebrush.