What is this plant? Would it be good for lotions etc.? Is it edible?

Question

This plant grows in Georgia. I found it growing in gravel and in the open fields in poor soil-mostly clay and over limestone. I didn't see any flowers. It is fragrant, smells like an herb: kind of sweet, almost pine like. The leaves are slinder and pointed with a soft fuzzy underside. The roots are thick and kind of like wood, seems to root somewhat shallow. There is a main stalk which branches off and the branches (also fuzzy) are covered in leaves. Looks a lot like a bushy version of fleabane. Leaves hands sticky! Grows to a foot/foot and a half tall, grows in groups and individually.

Answer 1

Fairly good description, but not good enough for an exact answer. My best guess is Artemisia, either silver mound or powis castle. Here are pics for comparison.
Powis castle:
http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?_adv_prop=image&fr=yfp-t-471&va=powis+castle+artemisia&sz=all
Silver mound:
http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;_ylt=A0Je5wtBZKVGdmEBiSeJzbkF?p=silver+mound+artemisia&ei=UTF-8&fr=yfp-t-471&x=wrt