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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Artemisia subg. Drancunculus
|accepted_authority=Besser
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou
|place=1: 223. 1829
|year=1829
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Anthemideae;Artemisia;Artemisia subg. Drancunculus
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Anthemideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Artemisia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subgenus</small>[[Artemisia subg. Drancunculus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 19
|mention_page=page 504
|treatment_page=page 505
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole-organism duration"><b>Biennials,</b> perennials, or subshrubs (shrubs in A. filifolia);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="whole-organism architecture;whole-organism architecture;whole-organism duration;whole_organism architecture;whole_organism architecture;whole_organism growth form;caudex texture;rhizome presence">fibrous-rooted or taprooted, caudices woody, rhizomes absent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="stem shape"><b>Stems </b>wandlike (new stems may sprout from caudices).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="leaf duration;leaf position;leaf position"><b>Leaves </b>deciduous (persistent in A. aleutica and A. borealis), usually cauline, sometimes basal, not in fascicles.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="head architecture or shape"><b>Heads </b>disciform.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="receptacle architecture;receptacle pubescence"><b>Receptacles </b>epaleate, glabrous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="peripheral floret quantity;peripheral floret architecture;peripheral floret reproduction"><b>Florets:</b> peripheral 1–25 pistillate and fertile;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="central floret quantity;central floret architecture">central 3–32 functionally staminate (not setting fruits);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="corolla shape">corollas subglobose.</span><!--

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|distribution=North America;Eurasia
|discussion=<p>Species ca. 80 (8 in the flora).</p>
|tables=
|references=
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==Key==
<div class="treatment-key-group">
  
{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Plants 5–30(–80+) cm (often cespitose and/or mounded)
|[[#key-0-2| > 2]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Plants (10–)50–180 cm (not cespitose)
|[[#key-0-5| > 5]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Perennials; leaves 2–3-palmately or -pinnately lobed
|[[#key-0-3| > 3]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Perennials or subshrubs; leaves 1–2-pinnately or -ternately lobed
|[[#key-0-4| > 4]]
|-id=key-0-3
|3
|Leaves 2-palmately lobed; corollas purplish red; Aleutian Islands
|[[Artemisia aleutica|Artemisia aleutica]]
|-id=key-0-3
|3
|Leaves 2–3-pinnately or -ternately lobed; corollas (at least lobes) usually yellow- orange or deep red; n latitudes and w mountains
|[[Artemisia borealis|Artemisia borealis]]
|-id=key-0-4
|4
|Leaves gray-green, lobes 1–2 mm wide; involucres 3–4 × 3–4 mm; corollas yellow, usually red-tinged, glabrous
|[[Artemisia pedatifida|Artemisia pedatifida]]
|-id=key-0-4
|4
|Leaves silver-green, lobes mostly 2–3 mm wide; involucres 4–5(–7) × 2–3 mm wide; corollas pale yellow, glandular
|[[Artemisia porteri|Artemisia porteri]]
|-id=key-0-5
|5
|Plants tarragon-scented or not aromatic; leaves mostly entire, sometimes (basal) irregularly lobed, faces usually glabrous, sometimes glabrescent (deserts)
|[[Artemisia dracunculus|Artemisia dracunculus]]
|-id=key-0-5
|5
|Plants faintly to strongly aromatic (not tarragon-scented); leaves lobed, faces hairy
|[[#key-0-6| > 6]]
|-id=key-0-6
|6
|Shrubs, 60–180 cm (rounded, stems wandlike); involucres 1.5–2 mm diam
|[[Artemisia filifolia|Artemisia filifolia]]
|-id=key-0-6
|6
|Biennials or perennials, (10–)30–80(–150) cm; involucres 2–4.5(–7) mm diam
|[[#key-0-7| > 7]]
|-id=key-0-7
|7
|Stems usually 1–5; heads in (mostly leafless) paniculiform arrays
|[[Artemisia campestris|Artemisia campestris]]
|-id=key-0-7
|7
|Stems usually 10+; heads (clustered in glomerules) in (densely leafy) paniculiform to spiciform arrays
|[[Artemisia pycnocephala|Artemisia pycnocephala]]
|}
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name=Artemisia subg. Drancunculus
|authority=Besser
|rank=subgenus
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Asteraceae
|distribution=North America;Eurasia
|reference=None
|publication title=Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou
|publication year=1829
|special status=
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V19-20-21/V19_847.xml
|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Anthemideae
|genus=Artemisia
|subgenus=Artemisia subg. Drancunculus
|caudex texture=woody
|central floret architecture=staminate
|central floret quantity=3;32
|corolla shape=subglobose
|head architecture or shape=disciform
|leaf duration=deciduous
|leaf position=basal;cauline
|peripheral floret architecture=pistillate
|peripheral floret quantity=1;25
|peripheral floret reproduction=fertile
|receptacle architecture=epaleate
|receptacle pubescence=glabrous
|rhizome presence=absent
|stem shape=wand-like
|whole-organism architecture=taprooted;fibrous-rooted
|whole-organism duration=perennial;biennial
|whole_organism architecture=taprooted;fibrous-rooted
|whole_organism growth form=subshrub
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