Artemisia spinescens is a North American species of sagebrush in the sunflower family, known by the common name budsage. Many sources treat the species separately from genus Artemisia and named Picrothamnus desertorum.Flora of North America, Budsage, Picrothamnus Nuttall, Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. 7: 417. 1841. This separation has not, however, been supported by genetic analysis.Forest Service Info Sheet
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
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 spinescens has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens3
Marker genes2
GenBank sequences3
eDNA detections3
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.
★ITS3★ITS2
fungal barcode
06Genome at a glanceCCDB · GoaT
The complete instruction manualArtemisia spinescens 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 706 620 000 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 spinescens3.71 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.
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy90% within 1 km
≤100 m 613≤1 km 29≤10 km 28>10 km 44
714 georeferenced · 187 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor901
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 accuracy50% within 1 km
≤100 m 11≤1 km 83≤10 km 89>10 km 6
189 georeferenced · 237 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence426
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 institutions40 of 57 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Claremont, US
65
Riverside, US
48
Logan, US
45
Provo, US
42
Corvallis, US
30
CASlocation not on record
19
DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record
11
Moscow, US
10
WTUlocation not on record
10
San Diego, US
9
Denver, US
8
Boise, US
8
Albuquerque, US
8
Santa Barbara, US
7
Davis, US
7
DOI/NPS, Greenbelt Parklocation not on record
6
Los Angeles, US
6
ASUlocation not on record
5
San Luis Obispo, US
5
Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record
5
US
5
Bozeman, US
4
Bangkok, TH
4
Missoula, US
4
Henderson, US
4
Portland, US
3
Musee des Dinosaures d'Esperaza (Aude)location not on record
3
Weber State Universitylocation not on record
3
Bandelier National Monumentlocation not on record
3
Angwin, US
3
US
2
University of Alberta Museumslocation not on record
2
New Haven, US
2
Grand Junction, US
2
VALElocation not on record
2
Northridge, US
2
Caldwell, US
2
Bend, US
2
Fargo, US
2
Millersville, US
1
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record
1
EL PASO, US
1
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
1
Pullman, US
1
Fort Worth, US
1
Wlocation not on record
1
Bloomington, US
1
Mississippi State, US
1
Long Beach, US
1
GZUlocation not on record
1
Flagstaff, US
1
Phoenix, US
1
Beijing, CN
1
Severin-McDaniel Insect Collectionlocation not on record
1
Pomona Collegelocation not on record
1
Durango, US
1
San Jose, US
1
57 institutions · 426 of 426 vouchered records shown
09Environmental DNA3 detections
Where the DNA of Artemisia spinescens 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 found3
Studies independent surveys1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 3 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.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 327 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI3 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics3 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype