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Silver Sage (Coaltown Sagebrush)
Artemisia cana
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October 1, 1804, along the Cheyenne River, South Dakota.
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A small, rounded shrub. Height: 30 in (80 cm). Flowers tiny, yellow, in slender, leafy, 8-in (20-cm) spikes.
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Meadows, plains, streamsides.
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Oregon and California east to Minnesota, Nebraska, and New Mexico.
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