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Artemisia borealis

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Name

Identification
Artemisia borealis Pall. [family COMPOSITAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Artemisia borealis Pall. [family COMPOSITAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Artemisia adamsii
  • Artemisia violacea
  • Artemisia borealis
Common name
  • Richardson’s sagewort, Flora of North America Vol. 19
  • Boreal sage, Flora of North America Vol. 19

Flora

Entry for Artemisia borealis Pallas [family COMPOSITAE]
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 19,
Names
Artemisia borealis Pallas [family COMPOSITAE], Reise Russ. Reich., 3: 755. 1776
Artemisia campestris Linnaeus subsp. borealis (Pallas) H. M. Hall & Clements [family COMPOSITAE]
Treatment Author(s)
Leila M. Shultz
Information
Perennials, (6–)8–20(–40) cm (cespitose), mildly aromatic; taprooted, caudices branched. Stems (1–)2–5, gray-green, tomentose. Leaves persistent, basal rosettes persistent, gray-green to white; blades ovate, 2–4 × 0.5–1 cm, 2–3-pinnately or -ternately lobed, lobes linear to narrowly oblong, apices acute, faces moderately to densely sericeous. Heads (proximal sessile, distal pedunculate) in (leafy) spiciform arrays 4–9(–12) × (0.5–)1–5 cm. Involucres hemispheric, 3–4 × 3.5–4 mm. Phyllaries (obscurely scarious) densely tomentose-villous. Florets: pistillate 8–10; functionally staminate 15–30; corollas (or lobes) yellow-orange or deep red, 2.2–3.5. Cypselae oblong-lanceoloid, somewhat compressed, 0.4–1 mm, faintly nerved, glabrous.
Distribution
w North Americaespecially at high elevations and northern latitudesEurasia.

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