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absinthe, absinthium, wormwood

field sagewort

Habit Herbs perennial, 4–12 dm; with woody caudices, fibrous-rooted. Herbs biennial or perennial, 0.5–10+ dm; taprooted.
Stems

canescent, often glabrate proximally.

glabrous to minutely puberulent, canescent, or tomentose.

Leaves

numerous; cauline, 3–8 cm, 1–3-pinnate;

lobes 2–4 mm wide, toothed;

surfaces finely canescent;

petioles short or long.

basal and cauline;

basal forming 1 or more rosettes; ? 7 cm; short- or long-petiolate;

cauline numerous, 2–7 cm, 2–3-pinnate;

lobes linear;

surfaces glabrous to canescent or tomentose.

Inflorescences

panicle-like; narrow or spreading.

panicle-, raceme-, or spike-like.

Involucres

broadly ovoid or hemispheric, 2–3 mm.

spherical or hemispheric, 2.5–4 mm.

Receptacles

villous.

glabrous.

Florets

50+; outer pistillate; inner bisexual.

15–50; outer pistillate; inner functionally staminate.

Phyllaries

in 3–4 ± equal series, lanceolate;

tips acute or obtuse;

surfaces canescent.

in several unequal series, lanceolate to ovate; outer gradually shorter;

margins membranous;

tips acute or obtuse;

surfaces glabrous or villous.

Fruits

0.4–0.6 mm, glabrous.

0.5–1 mm, glabrous.

Heads

disciform, arched or nodding; short-peduncled.

disciform, ascending to erect, peduncled.

2n

=18.

=18, 36.

Artemisia absinthium

Artemisia campestris

Distribution
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Discussion

Coniferous woods, disturbed areas. Flowering Jun–Oct. 0–1200 m. BW, WV. ID, WA; scattered in northern North America; Europe. Exotic.

North America. 7 subtaxa; 2 subtaxa treated in Flora.

Source Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 189
Kenton Chambers
Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 190
Kenton Chambers
Sibling taxa
A. abrotanum, A. arbuscula, A. biennis, A. campestris, A. cana, A. douglasiana, A. dracunculus, A. estesii, A. ludoviciana, A. michauxiana, A. nova, A. packardiae, A. papposa, A. pycnocephala, A. rigida, A. spiciformis, A. spinescens, A. suksdorfii, A. tilesii, A. tridentata, A. tripartita, A. vulgaris
A. abrotanum, A. absinthium, A. arbuscula, A. biennis, A. cana, A. douglasiana, A. dracunculus, A. estesii, A. ludoviciana, A. michauxiana, A. nova, A. packardiae, A. papposa, A. pycnocephala, A. rigida, A. spiciformis, A. spinescens, A. suksdorfii, A. tilesii, A. tridentata, A. tripartita, A. vulgaris
Subordinate taxa
A. campestris ssp. pacifica, A. campestris var. wormskioldii
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