Artemisia laciniata subsp. laciniata

Synonyms: Artemisia laciniatiformis Komarov Artemisia macrobotrys Ledebour
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 19. Treatment on page 526.

Stems 20–50 cm, hairy. Leaves mostly cauline, blades 5–20 × 1–2 cm, sparsely hairy. Heads in arrays 8–18 × 1–4 cm. Involucres 3–5 × 4–8 mm. Corollas yellowish, 1–1.5 mm. Cypselae 0.5–1 mm. 2n = 18.


Phenology: Flowering mid–late summer.
Habitat: Dry, gravelly stream banks, grassy flats, forested areas, dry hillsides
Elevation: 100–1500 m

Discussion

Widely distributed in Eurasia and often confused with Artemisia norvegica, A. laciniata subsp. laciniata can be distinguished by its well-developed basal leaves and smaller heads.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
not tailed +  and obtuse +
scarious +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
Leila M. Shultz +
Willdenow +
decurrent +
compound +  and simple +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
fertile +  and bisexual +
zygomorphic +, actinomorphic +  and (3-)5-merous +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
winged +  and monomorphic +
fertile +  and bisexual +
fertile +  and bisexual +
Yukon +, Alaska +  and Eurasia +
100–1500 m +
gland-dotted +
sparsely hairy +  and pilose +
peripheral +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Dry, gravelly stream banks, grassy flats, forested areas, dry hillsides +
spiciform +  and racemiform +
in subcapitate clusters +  and singly +
indeterminate +
8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br /> (18 cm180 mm <br />0.18 m <br />) +
heterogamous +  and homogamous +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
each +  and sessile +
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 /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
sessile +  and petiolate +
persistent +  and deciduous +
deltate +
entire +  and dentate +
2-carpellate +
persistent +
Flowering mid–late summer. +
hairy +  and glabrous +
2 +  and 20 +
styliferous +, neuter +  and pistillate +
sterile +  and fertile +
conic;convex;conic;convex;flat +
2 +  and 5 +
exalbuminous +
reddish-brown +
1 +  and 3 +
wand-like +
20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br /> (50 cm500 mm <br />0.5 m <br />) +
appendaged +  and truncate +
papillate +
Artemisia laciniatiformis +  and Artemisia macrobotrys +
Artemisia laciniata subsp. laciniata +
Artemisia laciniata +
subspecies +
funnel +  and subglobose +
cylindric +
fibrous-rooted +  and taprooted +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
shrub +  and subshrub +