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Great Basin Sage; California Sage
Artemisia tridentata
Asteraceae



Named for the goddess Artemis in Greek mythology,
who so benefitted from a plant of this family that she gave it her own name

tridentata: 3 blunt teeth on cuneate leaf
leaf is aromatic

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Above photographs along Mtn99

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Hwy 178 east of Weldon on rocky slope

(more scenes next page)

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