Pronunciation: ar-tem-IS-ee-a NO-va
Common name: Black sagebrush
Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower)
Habitat: Dry rocky places 5000'-11000', sagebrush
scrub and pinyon-juniper woodland, San Jacinto Mts,
north slope San Bernardino Mts, eastern Mojave
Desert mountains
Blooming period: September to November
Click for Latin name derivations: (1) Artemisia
(2) nova