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Artemisia candicans

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Identification
Isotype of Artemisia ludoviciana Not on sheet [family ASTERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Leila M. Shultz,, Artemisia rhizomata A. Nelson [family ASTERACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Artemisia candicans Rydb. [family ASTERACEAE ] Verified by P.A. Rydberg, Isotype of Artemisia candicans Rydb. [family ASTERACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Artemisia rhizomata A. Nelson [family ASTERACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Artemisia candicans
  • Artemisia rhizomata
  • Artemisia ludoviciana

Flora

Entry for Artemisia ludoviciana Nuttall subsp. candicans (Rydberg) D. D. Keck [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 ludoviciana Nuttall subsp. candicans (Rydberg) D. D. Keck [family COMPOSITAE], Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser., 4, 25: 447. 1946
Artemisia candicans Rydberg [family COMPOSITAE], Bull. Torrey Bot. Club, 24: 296. 1897
Artemisia gracilenta A. Nelson [family COMPOSITAE]
Artemisia latiloba (Nuttall) Rydberg [family COMPOSITAE]
Artemisia ludoviciana var. candicans (Rydberg) H. St. John [family COMPOSITAE]
Artemisia ludoviciana var. latiloba Nuttall [family COMPOSITAE]
Artemisia vulgaris Linnaeus subsp. candicans (Rydberg) H. M. Hall & Clements [family COMPOSITAE]
Artemisia vulgaris var. candicans (Rydberg) M. Peck [family COMPOSITAE]
Treatment Author(s)
Leila M. Shultz
Information
Stems 30–50(–80) cm, mostly simple, sparsely tomentose. Leaves ± white; blades broadly obovate to oblong, 4–10 × 1.5–4 cm, relatively deeply lobed (lobes, lanceolate, 1/3+ blade lengths, acute), faces tomentose (usually less densely adaxially). Heads in racemiform arrays 4–7 × 2–4 cm. Involucres (broadly campanulate), 4–5 × 4–8 mm. Florets: pistillate 8–10; bisexual 20–30; corollas 1.5–2 mm.
Altitude range
1800–3000 m;
Distribution
USA Calif.USA IdahoUSA Mont.USA Nev.USA Oreg.USA UtahUSA Wash.USA Wyo.Canada Alta.Canada B.C.
Discussion
Subspecies candicans is broadly circumscribed in this treatment. Variants within the complex, especially var. latiloba, may merit segregation.

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