Artemisia absinthium |
Artemisia rigida |
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absinthe, absinthium, wormwood |
scabland sagebrush, stiff sagebrush |
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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 |
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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. |
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 |
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