California Sagebrush
Artemisia californica
Summary 3
Artemisia californica, also known as California sagebrush, of the Asteraceae family, is a shrub that grows in coastal sage scrub, coastal strand, chaparral, and dry foothill communities, from sea level to 800 m (2600 ft.). It is native to California and Baja California.
Food use 4
Although Artemisia californica is a sagebrush, not a true sage, it can be used in cooking as a spice and can also be made into a tea. In the past it was employed as a treatment to fight coughs and colds. It was used by women of the Cahuilla and Tongva to alleviate menstrual cramps and to ease labor.
Fuentes y créditos
- (c) kqedquest, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC), http://www.flickr.com/photos/kqedquest/1277972883/
- (c) 1999 California Academy of Sciences, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=19387&one=T
- Adaptado por Jaishneel Raj del trabajo de (c) Wikipedia, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemisia_californica
- (c) Wikipedia, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemisia_californica
Más información
- NaturaLista página del taxón
- Biodiversity Heritage Library
- BOLD Systems BIN search
- Calflora
- CalPhotos
- eFloras.org
- Flora of North America (beta)
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
- HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
- IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
- Jepson eFlora
- NatureServe Explorer 2.0
- SEINet Symbiota portals
- Tropicos
- USDA PLANTS database
- World Flora Online
