Artemisia campestris

Linnaeus

Sp. Pl. 2: 846. 1753.

Common names: Field sagewort sand wormwood
Illustrated
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 19. Treatment on page 506. Mentioned on page 505, 508.

Biennials or perennials, (10–) 30–80 (–150) cm, faintly aromatic; taprooted, caudices branched. Stems usually 1–5, turning reddish-brown, (often ribbed) tomentose or glabrous. Leaves persistent or deciduous, mostly basal; basal blades 4–12 cm, cauline gradually reduced, 2–4 × 0.5–1.5 cm, 2–3-pinnately lobed, lobes linear to narrowly oblong, apices acute, faces densely to sparsely white-pubescent. Heads (pedunculate) in (mostly leafless) paniculiform arrays. Involucres broadly turbinate, 2.5–3 (–5) × 2–3.5 (–7) mm. Phyllaries (margins scarious) glabrous or villous-tomentose. Florets: pistillate 5–20; functionally staminate 12–30; corollas pale-yellow, sparsely hairy or glabrous. Cypselae oblong-lanceoloid, somewhat compressed, 0.8–1 mm, faintly nerved, glabrous.

Distribution

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Alta., B.C., Man., N.B., Nunavut, Ont., Que., Sask., Alaska, Ariz., Ark., Calif., Colo., Conn., Fla., Idaho, Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kans., Maine, Mass., Mich., Minn., Miss., Mo., Mont., N.C., N.Dak., N.H., N.J., N.Mex., N.Y., Nebr., Nev., Ohio, Okla., Oreg., Pa., R.I., S.C., S.Dak., Tex., Utah, Vt., Wash., Wis., Wyo., especially mountains and high latitudes, Eurasia

Discussion

Subspecies ca. 7 (3 in the flora).

Artemisia campestris varies; each morphologic form grades into another. The present circumscription is conservative in that only three subspecies are recognized; the subspecies usually can be separated geographically as well as morphologically. Populations in western North America consist primarily of subsp. pacifica; east of the continental divide, plants are assigned to subsp. canadensis in northern latitudes and to subsp. caudata in southern latitudes.

Selected References

None.

Key

1 Perennials; stems 2–5; basal rosettes persistent Artemisia campestris subsp. pacifica
1 Biennials; stems 1(–3); basal rosettes not persistent (withering before flowering) > 2
2 Involucres globose, 3–4 × 3.5–5 mm; n of 50°, primarily Canada Artemisia campestris subsp. canadensis
2 Involucres turbinate, 2–3 × 2–3 mm; s of 50°, e from Rocky Mountains to coastal North America Artemisia campestris subsp. caudata
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not tailed +  and obtuse +
scarious +
paniculiform +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
Leila M. Shultz +
Linnaeus +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br />) +
decurrent +
compound +  and simple +
entire;toothed;3-lobed;entire;toothed;3-lobed;lobed;spatulate;flabellate;spatulate;flabellate;cuneate;obovate;oblanceolate;oblong;elliptic;ovate;lanceolate;linear;filiform +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
Field sagewort +  and sand wormwood +
zygomorphic +, actinomorphic +  and (3-)5-merous +
glabrous +  and hairy +
subglobose +
compressed +  and oblong-lanceoloid +
fertile +  and bisexual +
fertile +  and bisexual +
Alta. +, B.C. +, Man. +, N.B. +, Nunavut +, Ont. +, Que. +, Sask. +, Alaska +, Ariz. +, Ark. +, Calif. +, Colo. +, Conn. +, Fla. +, Idaho +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Iowa +, Kans. +, Maine +, Mass. +, Mich. +, Minn. +, Miss. +, Mo. +, Mont. +, N.C. +, N.Dak. +, N.H. +, N.J. +, N.Mex. +, N.Y. +, Nebr. +, Nev. +, Ohio +, Okla. +, Oreg. +, Pa. +, R.I. +, S.C. +, S.Dak. +, Tex. +, Utah +, Vt. +, Wash. +, Wis. +, Wyo. +, especially mountains and high latitudes +  and Eurasia +
gland-dotted +
white-pubescent +
staminate +  and pistillate +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
spiciform +  and racemiform +
in subcapitate clusters +  and singly +
indeterminate +
heterogamous +  and homogamous +
each +  and sessile +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br />) +
sessile +  and petiolate +
deciduous +  and persistent +
linear +  and narrowly oblong +
entire +  and dentate +
2-carpellate +
persistent +
villous-tomentose +  and glabrous +
2 +  and 20 +
styliferous +, neuter +  and pistillate +
sterile +  and fertile +
conic;convex;conic;convex;flat +
2 +  and 5 +
exalbuminous +
Illustrated +
reddish-brown +
glabrous +  and tomentose +
1 +  and 5 +
wand-like +
appendaged +  and truncate +
papillate +
Compositae +
Artemisia campestris +
Artemisia subg. Drancunculus +
species +
funnel +  and subglobose +
cylindric +
80 cm800 mm <br />0.8 m <br /> (150 cm1,500 mm <br />1.5 m <br />) +
perennial +  and biennial +
30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br /> (80 cm800 mm <br />0.8 m <br />) +
taprooted +  and fibrous-rooted +