Big Sagebrush
(Artemisia tridentata)
- Size: 2-13' tall
- Seasonal Habits: Flowers in late summer & fall
- Toxicity: Non-Toxic; Leaves, fruit and seed of sagebrush are edible.
Artemisia tridentata, commonly called big sagebrush, Great Basin sagebrush or simply sagebrush, is an aromatic shrub from the family Asteraceae, which grows in arid and semi-arid conditions, throughout a range of cold desert, steppe, and mountain habitats in the Intermountain West of North America.