Artemisia carruthii, common name Carruth's sagewort or Carruth wormwood, is a North American species of shrubs in the daisy family native to much of south-central and southwestern United States (Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, northern + western Texas). There are reports of a few naturalized populations in Missouri, the Great Lakes Region, and Rhode Island.[2][3][4] It is also native to the States of Chihuahua and Sonora in northern Mexico.[5]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Artemisia |
| Species: | A. carruthii
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| Artemisia carruthii Wood ex Carruth.
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Artemisia carruthii is an erect perennial herb up to 70 cm (28 inches) tall. It is faintly aromatic and covered with hairs. Flowers and yellow and nodding (hanging).[5][6] It grows in grasslands as well as open and wooded areas.[5]
Uses
editThe Zuni people put the seeds on coals and use then as a sweat bath for body pains from a severe cold.[7] The ground seeds are also mixed with water, made into balls, steamed and used for food.[8] These seeds are considered by the Zuni to be one of the most important food plants.[9]
The species is named for American botanist James Harrison Carruth, 1807–1896.
References
edit- ^ The Plant List Artemisia carruthii Alph.Wood ex Carruth.
- ^ "USDA Plants Database". plants.usda.gov. Retrieved 2024-10-28.
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- ^ Go Botany, New England Wildflower Society, Artemisia carruthii Wood ex Carruth Carruth's wormwood description and photos plus New England distribution map
- ^ a b c "Artemisia carruthii in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2022-05-14.
- ^ Carruth James Harrison. 1877. Centennial Catalogue of the Plants of Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 5: 51
- ^ Stevenson, Matilda Coxe 1915 Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians. SI-BAE Annual Report #30 42–43
- ^ Stevenson p.65
- ^ Castetter, Edward F. 1935 Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food. University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(1):1–44 (p. 21)
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