Artemisia absinthium |
Artemisia campestris |
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absinthe, absinthium, wormwood |
field sagewort |
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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 |
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Distribution | ||
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 |
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