BC Conservation Data Centre: Species Summary
Artemisia norvegica ssp. saxatilis
mountain sagewort
| Scientific Name: | Artemisia norvegica ssp. saxatilis (Bess.) Hall & Clements | ||||||||||
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Artemisia arctica
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| English Name: | mountain sagewort | ||||||||||
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| Scientific Name - Concept Reference: | Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2006a. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 19. Magnoliophyta: Asteridae, part 6: Asteraceae, part 1. Oxford University Press, New York. xxiv + 579 pp. | ||||||||||
| Classification Level: | Subspecies | ||||||||||
| Species Group: | Vascular Plant | ||||||||||
| Species Code: | ARTENOR1 | ||||||||||
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| Global Status: | G5T5 (Jul 2016) | ||||||||||
| Provincial Status: | S5 (Apr 2019) | ||||||||||
| BC List: | Yellow | ||||||||||
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| Endemic: | N | ||||||||||
| Global Range Comment: | Known from Alta., B.C., Yukon; Alaska, Calif., Colo., Mont., Utah, Wash., Wyo.; eastern Asia (Russian Far East) (FNA vol. 19, 2006). | ||||||||||
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Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2006a. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 19. Magnoliophyta: Asteridae, part 6: Asteraceae, part 1. Oxford University Press, New York. xxiv + 579 pp. |
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Please visit the website Conservation Status Ranks for definitions of the data fields used in this summary report.
Suggested Citation:
B.C. Conservation Data Centre. Species Summary: Artemisia norvegica ssp. saxatilis. B.C. Minist. of Environment. Available: https://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/eswp/ (accessed Jun 6, 2026).