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absinthe, absinthium, wormwood

scabland sagebrush, stiff sagebrush

Habit Herbs perennial, 4–12 dm; with woody caudices, fibrous-rooted. Shrubs deciduous, 2–6 dm; taprooted.
Stems

canescent, often glabrate proximally.

canescent or glandular-puberulent, glabrate proximally.

Leaves

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

lobes 2–4 mm wide, toothed;

surfaces finely canescent;

petioles short or long.

cauline, 1–4 cm, deeply divided into 3–5 linear lobes;

surfaces canescent or resinous-glandular, sessile or petioles present.

Inflorescences

panicle-like; narrow or spreading.

panicle- or raceme-like.

Involucres

broadly ovoid or hemispheric, 2–3 mm.

cylindric to narrowly campanulate, 4–6 × 2.5–3.5 mm.

Receptacles

villous.

glabrous.

Florets

50+; outer pistillate; inner bisexual.

4–8.

Phyllaries

in 3–4 ± equal series, lanceolate;

tips acute or obtuse;

surfaces canescent.

in 3–5 unequal series, triangular to oblanceolate; outer gradually shorter;

margins membranous;

surfaces canescent.

Fruits

0.4–0.6 mm, glabrous.

1–1.5 mm, glabrous.

Heads

disciform, arched or nodding; short-peduncled.

discoid; erect, sessile.

2n

=18.

=18, 36.

Artemisia absinthium

Artemisia rigida

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.

Shrublands, open coniferous woods. Flowering Jun–Oct. 600–1800 m. BR, BW, Col, Owy. ID, WA; northeast to MT. Native.

Source Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 189
Kenton Chambers
Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 193
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. campestris, A. cana, A. douglasiana, A. dracunculus, A. estesii, A. ludoviciana, A. michauxiana, A. nova, A. packardiae, A. papposa, A. pycnocephala, A. spiciformis, A. spinescens, A. suksdorfii, A. tilesii, A. tridentata, A. tripartita, A. vulgaris
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