Scientific Name:	Artemisia ludoviciana 'Valerie Finnis'
Pronunciation:	ar-tuh-MEE-zee-uh loo-doe-viss-ee-AY-nuh
Common Name:	Valerie Finnis artemisia
Family Name:	Asteraceae
Plant Type:	Herbaceous perennial
Key ID Features:	Leaves to 8 cm long, white (glaucous), feels powdery, and are toothed only at the tip; heads small with yellow disk florets only.
Course(s):	HORT 2355

Habit: Open, Spreading Form: Mounded, Oval - horizontal Texture: Medium - coarse Mature Size: Height: 0.4 - 0.7m Spread: 1.0 - 1.5m Growth Rate: Fast Origin: Mexico, U.S. - southwest Hardiness Rating: Zone 5: (-29 to -23 C) Exposure: Full sun Soil/ Growing Medium: Rocky or gravelly or dry, Well-drained Water Use: Summer dry, Winter dry Landscape Uses: Accent plant, Container planting, Ground cover, Group or mass planting, Perennial border, Rock garden, Summer interest Additional Info: Google

Leaf Morphology: Glossary Form: Simple Arrangement: Alternate Texture/ Venation: Soft flexible Surfaces: Distinctive smell, Tomentose Colour in Fall: Silver / Grayish Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Lanceolate Apices: Acute Bases: Cuneate Margins: Incised, Undulate (wavy)

Inflorescence Type: Floriferous, Panicle-like, Head (capitulum) Flower Morphology: Flowers perfect Number of Petals: 5 Corolla Shape: Tubular Colour (petals): Not showy, Yellow Flower Scent: Unpleasant Flower Time at Peak: Jun, Jul

Fruit Type: Achene Fruit Colour: Brown Fruiting Time: Sep, Oct Additional Info: Not showy

Bark or Stem Colour: Brown, Green     Organ Modifications: Rhizomes

Propagation:	Division - below ground parts
Plant Care:
Maintenance:	Low
Pest Susceptibility:	Aphids or adelgids, Root rot, Rust, Whitefly or psyllids, ( Deer resistant, Drought resistant )

Location(s): (AGB) Acer Griseum Bed (BUG) BUG garden (MCC) Main Campus Courtyard Location Map

Report an Error