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dragon sagewort, tarragon

common mugwort, lobed wormwood

Habit Herbs or subshrubs perennial, 5–15 dm; taproots woody. Herbs perennial, 5–15 dm; rhizomes elongate.
Stems

glabrous or occasionally villous-puberulent.

glabrous or tomentose.

Leaves

cauline, numerous, linear, 2–8 cm;

margins entire, rarely some few-cleft;

tips acute or acuminate;

surfaces glabrous, sessile.

cauline, 2–12 cm, regularly or irregularly pinnately lobed;

lobes toothed or again lobed;

tips acute;

surfaces abaxially glabrous, adaxially glabrous or tomentose, sessile or petiolate.

Inflorescences

panicle-like.

panicle-like.

Involucres

spherical or hemispheric, 2–4 mm.

cylindric or campanulate, 3–4 mm.

Receptacles

glabrous.

glabrous.

Florets

15–45; outer pistillate; inner functionally staminate.

20–30; outer pistillate; inner bisexual.

Phyllaries

in several equal series, with a few short outer, lanceolate;

margins membranous;

tips obtuse;

surfaces glabrous.

in several equal or unequal series, lanceolate or oblong; outer gradually shorter or sometimes exceeding inner;

margins membranous;

tips acute or obtuse;

surfaces tomentose.

Fruits

0.5–1 mm, glabrous.

0.5–1.2 mm, glabrous, sometimes resinous.

Heads

disciform; erect or nodding, peduncled.

disciform; erect, sessile or peduncled.

2n

=18.

=18, 36, 40, 44.

Artemisia dracunculus

Artemisia vulgaris

Distribution
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Discussion

Open woodlands shrublands, thickets, grasslands, river­banks, rocky slopes and cliffs, disturbed areas. Flowering Jul–Oct. 50–1600 m. BR, BW, Col, ECas, Lava, Owy. CA, ID, NV, WA; north to AK, northeast to Quebec, east to MA, southeast to TX. Native.

Disturbed areas. Flowering Jun–Oct. 0–2000 m. Casc, WV. ID, WA; widely scattered in North America; Asia, Europe. Exotic.

Source Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 191
Kenton Chambers
Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 195
Kenton Chambers
Sibling taxa
A. abrotanum, A. absinthium, A. arbuscula, A. biennis, A. campestris, A. cana, A. douglasiana, 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. rigida, A. spiciformis, A. spinescens, A. suksdorfii, A. tilesii, A. tridentata, A. tripartita
Synonyms Artemisia dracunculus var. dracunculus
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