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Fringed Wormwood (Artemisia frigida)
Family: Asteraceae or Compositae | Edibility: Edible (2/5)
Common names include: Fringed Wormwood, Prairie sagewort, fringed sagewort, fringed sagebrush, arctic sage and pasture sage.
Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons
Edible Parts: Leaves
Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Spring
Flavor & Culinary Uses
flavouring for sweet corn. — The leaves are used by the Hopi Indians as a flavouring for sweet corn.
Habitat & North American Range
Dry prairies, plains and rocks to 3300 metres in N. America. (Zone 3, Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8)