familyAsteraceae
tribeAsteraceae tribe Anthemideae
genusArtemisia
subgenusArtemisia subg. Artemisia
speciesArtemisia ludoviciana
subspeciesArtemisia ludoviciana subsp. incompta

Artemisia ludoviciana subsp. incompta

(Nuttall) D. D. Keck

Publ. Carnegie Inst. Wash. 520: 327. 1940.

Leila M. Shultz
Common names: Mountain wormwood
Basionym: Artemisia incompta Nuttall Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. 7: 400. 1841
Synonyms: Artemisia arachnoidea E. Sheldon Artemisia atomifera Piper Artemisia lindleyana Besser Artemisia ludoviciana var. incompta (Nuttall) Cronquist Artemisia prescottiana Linnaeus Artemisia vulgaris var. incompta (Nuttall) H. St. John
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 19. Treatment on page 529. Mentioned on page 527.

Stems 20–50 (–80) cm, mostly simple, hairy. Leaves bicolor (white and green, or gray-green and green); blades narrowly to broadly lanceolate, 1.5–11 × 1–1.5 cm, irregularly lobed (lobes usually 1/3+ blade widths), faces hairy (abaxial) or glabrous or glabrescent. Heads in paniculiform arrays (10–) 15–25 (–35) × (2–) 3–8 (–10) cm. Involucres (broadly campanulate) 3 (–4) × 3 (–5) mm. Florets: pistillate 5–12; bisexual 6–45; corollas yellow, sometimes red-tinged, 1.5–2 mm. 2n = 36, 54.


Phenology: Flowering mid summer–late fall.
Habitat: Open meadows, mountain slopes
Elevation: 1900–3500 m

Distribution

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Alta., B.C., Calif., Colo., Idaho, Mont., Nev., Oreg., Utah, Wash., Wyo., Mexico

Discussion

Subspecies incompta varies. It could be (and has been) subdivided. The variation found within one population, as well as from one part of its range to another, makes the recognition of discrete taxa difficult as well as questionable. The morphologic variant treated as Artemisia lindleyana by some authors may warrant infraspecific status.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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2n chromosome quantity
54 +  and 36 +
Anther base shape
not tailed +  and obtuse +
Anther dehiscence
introrse +
Anther fusion
connate +
Apex architecture or shape
truncate +
Apex texture
scarious +
Apical appendage shape
ovate +
Appendage pubescence
hirsute +
Appendage relief
papillate +
Appendages ring presence
absent +
Array architecture
congested +  and open +
Array development
indeterminate +  and determinate +
Author
Leila M. Shultz +
Authority
(Nuttall) D. D. Keck +
Band architecture
continuous +
Band quantity
1 +
Base shape
decurrent +
Basionyms
Artemisia incompta +
Blade architecture
compound +  and simple +
Blade arrangement or shape
elliptic +  and linear to broadly +
Blade length
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (11 cm110 mm <br />0.11 m <br />) +
Blade shape
lobed;lanceolate +
Blade width
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
Branch arrangement or course or shape
linear +
Branch structure in adjective form
stigmatic +
Calyculus presence
absent +
Caudex texture
woody +
Central floret quantity
14 (70) +
Central floret reproduction
fertile +  and bisexual +
Common name
Mountain wormwood +
Corolla architecture
zygomorphic +, actinomorphic +  and (3-)5-merous +
Corolla coloration
red-tinged +  and yellow +
Corolla presence
absent +
Corolla pubescence
glabrous +
Corolla quantity
lacking +
Corolla some measurement
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
Cypsela architecture
winged +  and monomorphic +
Cypsela growth form
dimorphic +
Cypsela pubescence
glabrous +
Cypsela shape
ellipsoid +
Cypsela some measurement
0.5 +
Disc-floret architecture
staminate +
Disc-floret atypical quantity
20 (30) +
Disc-floret quantity
2 (20) +
Disc-floret reproduction
fertile +  and bisexual +
Disc floret architecture
staminate +
Disc floret reproduction
fertile +  and bisexual +
Distribution
Alta. +, B.C. +, Calif. +, Colo. +, Idaho +, Mont. +, Nev. +, Oreg. +, Utah +, Wash. +, Wyo. +  and Mexico +
Elevation
1900–3500 m +
Embryo course
straight +
Face coloration
gland-dotted +
Face pubescence
glabrescent +, glabrous +  and hairy +
Filament fusion
distinct +
Floret architecture
pistillate +
Floret atypical quantity
5;15 +
Floret position
peripheral +
Floret quantity
6;45 +
Floret reproduction
bisexual +
Fruit architecture
winged +  and beaked +
Fruit condition or texture
dry +
Fruit density
dispersed +
Habitat
Open meadows, mountain slopes +
Head architecture
spiciform +  and racemiform +
Head architecture or shape
disciform +
Head arrangement
in subcapitate clusters +  and singly +
Head atypical length
25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br /> (35 cm350 mm <br />0.35 m <br />) +
Head atypical width
8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
Head development
indeterminate +
Head length
15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br /> (25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br />) +
Head reproduction
heterogamous +  and homogamous +
Head size or width
narrow +
Head width
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br />) +
Illustration copyright
Flora of North America Association +
Illustrator
Linda Ann Vorobik +
Individual head architecture
each +  and sessile +
Involucre atypical length
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
Involucre atypical width
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
Involucre diameter
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
Involucre length
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (?) +
Involucre position relational
surrounding +
Involucre shape
turbinate;campanulate +
Involucre width
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (?) +
Leaf architecture
sessile +  and petiolate +
Leaf arrangement
alternate +
Leaf coloration
bicolor +
Leaf duration
persistent +  and deciduous +
Leaf position
cauline +
Line quantity
2 +
Lobe quantity
5 (?) +
Lobe shape
deltate +
Margin architecture or shape
entire +  and dentate +
Margin shape
lobed +
Margin texture
scarious +
Number of lower taxa
0 +
Ovary architecture
2-carpellate +
Ovary architecture or structure in adjective form
1-locular +
Ovary position
inferior +
Ovule fixation
attached +
Ovule orientation
anatropous +
Ovule quantity
1 +
Pappus duration
persistent +
Pappus life cycle
falling +
Pappus presence
absent +
Pericarp fragility
tough +
Pericarp width
thick +
Peripheral floret presence
absent +
Peripheral floret quantity
In 1 (3+ series) +
Petal fusion
connate +
Phenology
Flowering mid summer–late fall. +
Phyllary duration
persistent +
Phyllary fusion
distinct +
Phyllary growth form or texture
herbaceous +
Phyllary life cycle
falling +
Phyllary pubescence
tomentose +
Phyllary quantity
2 +  and 20 +
Phyllary shape
Lanceolate (Ovate or obovate) +
Phyllary size
unequal +
Phyllary texture
With margins and/or apices (Scarious) +
Publication title
Publ. Carnegie Inst. Wash. +
Publication year
1940 +
Ray-floret architecture
styliferous +, neuter +  and pistillate +
Ray-floret presence
absent +
Ray-floret quantity
In 1( (2+) series) +
Ray-floret reproduction
sterile +  and fertile +
Receptacle architecture
epaleate +
Receptacle pubescence
glabrous +
Receptacle shape
conic;convex;conic;convex;flat +
Reference
None +
Rhizome presence
absent +
Rib presence
absent +
Rib quantity
2 +  and 5 +
Root texture
fibrous +
Seed architecture
exalbuminous +
Seed quantity
1 +
Sepal variability
modifed +
Series atypical quantity
1 (2) +
Series quantity
4;7 +
Source xml
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Special status
Illustrated +
Stamen arrangement
alternate +
Stamen atypical quantity
4 (5) +
Stamen quantity
5 +
Stem architecture
simple +
Stem atypical some measurement
50 cm500 mm <br />0.5 m <br /> (80 cm800 mm <br />0.8 m <br />) +
Stem coloration
gray-green +
Stem orientation
erect +
Stem pubescence
hairy +
Stem quantity
relatively few +  and relatively numerous +
Stem shape
wand-like +
Stem some measurement
20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br /> (50 cm500 mm <br />0.5 m <br />) +
Style-branch architecture
appendaged +  and truncate +
Style architecture
2-branched +
Style pubescence
glabrous +
Style quantity
1 +
Style relief
papillate +
Synonyms
Artemisia arachnoidea +, Artemisia atomifera +, Artemisia lindleyana +, Artemisia ludoviciana var. incompta +, Artemisia prescottiana +  and Artemisia vulgaris var. incompta +
Taxon family
Asteraceae +
Taxon name
Artemisia ludoviciana subsp. incompta +
Taxon parent
Artemisia ludoviciana +
Taxon rank
subspecies +
Throat shape
funnel +  and subglobose +
Tube shape
cylindric +
Volume
Volume 19 +
Whole-organism architecture
fibrous-rooted +  and taprooted +
Whole-organism duration
perennial +
Whole-organism odor
aromatic +
Whole-organism some measurement
20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br /> (80 cm800 mm <br />0.8 m <br />) +
Whole organism growth form
shrub +  and subshrub +
Whole organism some measurement
3cm (350cm) +
X chromosome quantity
9 +