Latin name: Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. ssp.
  incompta (Nutt.) Keck
  Pronunciation: ar-tem-IS-ee-a loo-doe-vis-ee-AY-
  na in-KOMP-ta

  Common name: Mountain mugwort, Silver wormwood
  Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower)
  Habitat: Dry places below 10,500', sagebrush scrub,
  shrubland, montane coniferous forest, San Jacinto
  Mts to San Gabriel Mts and north
  Blooming period: July to September
  Click for Latin name derivations:  1) Artemisia
  2) ludoviciana  3) incompta
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