Artemisia campestris subsp. canadensis

(Michaux) Scoggan

Fl. Canada 1: 52. 1978.

Common names: Armoise du Canada
IllustratedEndemic
Basionym: Artemisia canadensis Michaux Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 128. 1803
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 19. Treatment on page 507. Mentioned on page 506, 508.

Biennials, 20–40 cm. Stems usually 1. Leaves: basal rosettes not persistent. Heads in arrays 8–10 (–12) × 1–2 (–3) cm. Involucres globose, 3–4 × 3.5–5 (–6) mm.


Phenology: Flowering early–late summer.
Habitat: Open meadows
Elevation: 0–1000 m

Distribution

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Greenland, Man., N.B., Nfld. and Labr., Nunavut, Ont., Que., Sask., Maine.

Discussion

A more broadly circumscribed interpretation of the subsp. caudata complex would encompass subsp. canadensis.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
not tailed +  and obtuse +
scarious +
paniculiform +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
Leila M. Shultz +
(Michaux) Scoggan +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br />) +
decurrent +
Artemisia canadensis +
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 />) +
Armoise du Canada +
zygomorphic +, actinomorphic +  and (3-)5-merous +
glabrous +  and hairy +
subglobose +
compressed +  and oblong-lanceoloid +
fertile +  and bisexual +
fertile +  and bisexual +
Greenland +, Man. +, N.B. +, Nfld. and Labr. +, Nunavut +, Ont. +, Que. +, Sask. +  and Maine. +
0–1000 m +
gland-dotted +
white-pubescent +
staminate +  and pistillate +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Open meadows +
spiciform +  and racemiform +
in subcapitate clusters +  and singly +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br />) +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
indeterminate +
8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
heterogamous +  and homogamous +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
each +  and sessile +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
sessile +  and petiolate +
deciduous +  and persistent +
linear +  and narrowly oblong +
entire +  and dentate +
2-carpellate +
persistent +
Flowering early–late summer. +
villous-tomentose +  and glabrous +
2 +  and 20 +
styliferous +, neuter +  and pistillate +
sterile +  and fertile +
conic;convex;conic;convex;flat +
2 +  and 5 +
exalbuminous +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
reddish-brown +
glabrous +  and tomentose +
wand-like +
appendaged +  and truncate +
papillate +
Compositae +
Artemisia campestris subsp. canadensis +
Artemisia campestris +
subspecies +
funnel +  and subglobose +
cylindric +
80 cm800 mm <br />0.8 m <br /> (150 cm1,500 mm <br />1.5 m <br />) +
20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br /> (40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br />) +
taprooted +  and fibrous-rooted +