Bolander sagebrush

Artemisia bolanderi A. Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 19: 50. 1883; A. tridentata Nuttall subsp. bolanderi (A. Gray) H. M. Hall & Clements; Seriphidium bolanderi (A. Gray) Y. R. Ling; S. canum (Pursh) W. A. Weber subsp. bolanderi (A. Gray) W. A. Weber

Shrubs, 50–60(–80) cm. Stems white (felty-tomentose when young). Leaves sometimes bright green, blades linear to narrowly lanceolate, (1.5–)3–4 × 0.2–0.6 cm, usually entire, sometimes with irregular lobes. Heads (2–3 per branch) in (sparsely leafy) arrays 12–18 × 1–2 cm. Involucres broadly campanulate, 3–4 × 4–5 mm. Phyllaries narrowly ovate-lanceolate, acute (outer) or obtuse, densely hairy. Florets 8–16. Cypselae 1–1.5 mm. 2n = 18, 36.

Flowering mid–late summer. Gravel soils, mountain meadows, stream banks; 1600–3300 m; Calif., Nev., Oreg.

Subspecies bolanderi is known only from the western United States.