Artemisia dracunculus
False Tarragon, French Tarragon
Also known as: Absinthium cernuum Moench +18 more
- Absinthium cernuum Moench
- Artemisia aromatica A.Nelson
- Artemisia cernua Rydb.
- Artemisia desertorum var. macrocephala Franch.
- Artemisia dracunculiformis Krasch.
- Artemisia dracunculina S.Watson
- Artemisia dracunculoides Pursh
- Artemisia dracunculoides var. brevifolia Torr. & A.Gray
- Artemisia dracunculoides var. dracunculina (S.Watson) S.F.Blake
- Artemisia dracunculoides var. dracunculoides
- Artemisia dracunculoides var. incana Torr. & A.Gray
- Artemisia dracunculoides var. tenuifolia Torr. & A.Gray
- Artemisia dracunculoides var. wolfii Rydb.
- Artemisia dracunculus f. dracunculus
- Artemisia dracunculus f. humilis Krylov
- Artemisia dracunculus f. redowskyi (Ledeb.) Gams & Hayek
- Artemisia dracunculus Pursh, 1813
- Artemisia dracunculus subsp. dracunculina (S.Watson) H.M.Hall & Clem.
- Artemisia dracunculus subsp. dracunculus
Botanical Data
- Taxonomic Rank: Species
- Botanical Family: Asteraceae
- WCVP Morphological Data: Recorded natively as a perennial.
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Indigenous to Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Europe, and North America, Artemisia dracunculus (commonly known as False Tarragon or French Tarragon) is a herbaceous perennial belonging to the Asteraceae family. In its natural range, this species typically occurs in temperate conditions. There are naturally occurring subspecies and varieties of this species, which are linked below.
Macro Climate
Temperate
Plant Type
Herbaceous Perennial
Native Range
Continents (WGSRPD)
ASIA-TEMPERATE, ASIA-TROPICAL, EUROPE, NORTHERN AMERICA
Regions (WGSRPD)
Arabian Peninsula, Caucasus, China, Eastern Asia, Eastern Canada, Eastern Europe, Indian Subcontinent, Indo-China, Malesia, Mexico, Middle Asia, Middle Europe, Mongolia, North-Central U.S.A., Northeastern U.S.A., Northwestern U.S.A., Russian Far East, Siberia, South-Central U.S.A., Southwestern Europe, Southwestern U.S.A., Subarctic America, Western Asia, Western Canada
Botanical Countries (WGSRPD L3)
Afghanistan, Alberta, Altay, Amur, Arizona, Baltic States, Belarus, Borneo, British Columbia, Buryatiya, California, Central European Russia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colorado, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Gulf States, Hainan, Idaho, Illinois, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Iran, Iraq, Irkutsk, Japan, Jawa, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizistan, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Kuwait, Lebanon-Syria, Magadan, Malaya, Manchuria, Manitoba, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Minnesota, Missouri, Mongolia, Montana, Myanmar, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North Caucasus, North Dakota, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Northwest Territories, Oklahoma, Oman, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Portugal, Primorye, Qinghai, Saskatchewan, Saudi Arabia, South Dakota, South European Russia, Spain, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Texas, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Ukraine, Utah, Uzbekistan, Vermont, Vietnam, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yemen, Yukon
Introduced Range
An “Introduced” distribution indicates that the plant is recorded outside its native range in that region as a result of deliberate or accidental human introduction. Introduced records may include casual, naturalized or invasive populations, but do not include plants that are only cultivated or planted without self-sustaining populations.
Botanical Countries (Non-Native)
Alaska, Austria, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy, Mauritius, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Norway, Poland, Romania, Sardegna, Switzerland, Yugoslavia
Subspecies, Varieties & Forms