Artemisia scopulorum
Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 15: 66. 1863.
Endemic
Perennials, 10–25 cm (cespitose), mildly aromatic (caudices relatively slender). Stems gray-green, glabrate. Leaves persistent, gray-green; blades (basal) oblanceolate, 2–7 × 0.1 cm, 2-pinnately lobed (lobes linear or oblanceolate; cauline blades smaller, 1–2-pinnate or entire), faces silky-canescent. Heads (5–22) in spiciform arrays 5–9 × 1–1.5 cm. Involucres broadly globose or subglobose, 4 × 4–7 mm. Phyllaries green (margins black or dark-brown), densely villous. Florets: pistillate 6–13; bisexual 15–30; corollas 1.5–2.5 mm, hairy (at least on lobes). Cypselae 0.8–1 mm, glabrous. 2n = 18.
Phenology: Flowering mid–late summer.
Habitat: Alpine meadows, protected areas, bases of rocks
Elevation: 3100–4200 m
Distribution
Colo., Mont., Nev., N.Mex., Utah, Wyo.
Discussion
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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introrse +
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hirsute +
papillate +
absent +
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decurrent +
lobed;oblanceolate +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (?) +
stigmatic +
absent +
woody +
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hairy +
lacking +
dimorphic +
glabrous +
fusiform +
0.8mm;1mm +
staminate +
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straight +
gland-dotted +
silky-canescent +
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15;30 +
bisexual +
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disciform +
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4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (?) +
surrounding +
subglobose;globose +
alternate +
gray-green +
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Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia +
1863 +
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absent +
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4;7 +
Endemic +
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branched +
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glabrate +
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Artemisia scopulorum +
Artemisia subg. Absinthium +
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