Artemisia filifolia, known by common names including sand sagebrush, sand sage and sandhill sage, is a species of flowering plant in the aster family.Flora of North America Vol. 19, 20 and 21 Page 508 Sand sage Artemisia filifolia Torrey, Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York. 2: 211. 1827. It is native to North America, where it occurs from Nevada east to South Dakota and from there south to Arizona, Chihuahua, and Texas.McWilliams, Jack (2003). Artemisia filifolia. In: Fire Effects Information System, [Online]. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire Sciences Laboratory. Retrieved 12-26-2011.Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution mapTurner, B. L. 1996. The Comps of Mexico: A systematic account of the family Asteraceae, vol. 6. Tageteae and Athemideae. Phytologia Memoirs 10: i–ii, 1–22, 43–93.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Compounds documented for Artemisia filifolia across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Artemisia filifolia has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens2
Marker genes2
GenBank sequences7
eDNA detections2
Countries1
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
★ITS7★ITS2
fungal barcode
06Genome at a glanceCCDB · GoaT
The complete instruction manualArtemisia filifolia carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is
Genome size3 550 140 000 bp
Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).
BACTERIUM Carsonella ruddii0.00016 Gb
FUNGUS0.04 Gb
INSECT0.25 Gb
HUMAN3.2 Gb
THIS GENOME Artemisia filifolia3.55 Gb
WHEAT17 Gb
FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — McArthur, E. D. & C. L. Pope. 1979. Karyotypes of four Artemisia species: A. carrathii, A. filifolia, A. frigida and A. spinescens. Great Basin Naturalist 39: 419–426.
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — McARTHUR, D. E. 1977. In IOPB chromosome number reports LV. Taxon 26: 107–109.
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Valles, J. 2005. Chromosome numbers in the tribes Anthemideae and Inuleae (Asteraceae). Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 148: 77–85.
CCDB · eflora
CCDB · kew — Garcia S, Sanz M, Garnatje T et al. 2004. Variation of DNA amount in 47 populations of the subtribe Artemisiinae and related taxa (Asteraceae, Anthemideae): karyological, ecological, and systematic implications. Genome 47: 1004-1014.
Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy86% within 1 km
≤100 m 1 124≤1 km 181≤10 km 91>10 km 130
1 526 georeferenced · 379 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor1 905
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Coordinate accuracy33% within 1 km
≤100 m 46≤1 km 132≤10 km 270>10 km 93
541 georeferenced · 474 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 015
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Coordinate accuracy
no georeferenced coordinates · 2 records without
Open the mapnot free-living2
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions55 of 74 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Wuzhou, CN
211
Bronx, US
111
Albuquerque, US
106
Flagstaff, US
55
DOI/NPS, Greenbelt Parklocation not on record
46
Logan, US
43
Chadron, US
38
Fort Worth, US
33
Denver, US
30
Phoenix, US
29
Lubbock, US
25
Musee des Dinosaures d'Esperaza (Aude)location not on record
23
Austin, US
22
ASUlocation not on record
20
Provo, US
17
EL PASO, US
14
Orem, US
12
Riverside, US
11
Spearfish, US
10
Saint Louis, US
9
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
9
Lincoln, US
9
Emporia, US
8
Guasave, MX
8
BAYLUlocation not on record
8
Mexico City, MX
6
Austin, US
6
Moscow, US
5
Bangkok, TH
5
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
4
San Luis Obispo, US
4
Ciudad Juárez, MX
4
Boise, US
4
Durango, MX
4
Bloomington, US
4
San Angelo, US
3
Taipei, TW
3
Weber State Universitylocation not on record
3
Pullman, US
3
Pocatello, US
3
Tempe, US
3
Durango, US
2
CASlocation not on record
2
Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record
2
Pomona Collegelocation not on record
2
Davis, US
2
Claremont, US
2
Edmonton, CA
1
San Diego, US
1
Angwin, US
1
Jena Microbial Resource Collectionlocation not on record
1
Laboratorio de Ictiologialocation not on record
1
Wlocation not on record
1
TFBLMlocation not on record
1
New Haven, US
1
Yangling, CN
1
Beijing, CN
1
US
1
USFSlocation not on record
1
Pittsburg, US
1
Fargo, US
1
Stockholm, SE
1
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record
1
University of Alberta Museumslocation not on record
1
Mexico City, MX
1
China Agricultural Universitylocation not on record
1
Brookings, US
1
Henderson, US
1
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record
1
Corvallis, US
1
Feira de Santana, BR
1
Mississippi State, US
1
Baltimore, US
1
Knoxville, US
1
74 institutions · 1 010 of 1 015 vouchered records shown · 5 without an institution code
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
09Environmental DNA2 detections
Where the DNA of Artemisia filifolia was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Detections DNA found2
Studies independent surveys1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 2 detections have coordinates
Open the map0 countries0
How strong is each trace?
DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.
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ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI2 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics2 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
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