Burke: Artemisia suksdorfii

	Artemisia suksdorfii
	coastal mugwort, Suksdorf's sagewort, coastal wormwood
Habit	Stout perennial from a short, stout rhizome, the stems clustered, 5-15 dm. tall.
Leaves	Leaves broadly lanceolate to elliptic, entire, or with a few teeth or lobes, 8-15 cm. long and 1.5-5 cm. wide, white-woolly beneath and green and glabrous above.
Flowers	Heads very numerous in a dense, ample, paniculiform inflorescence; involucre 3-4 mm. high, glabrous, yellow-green and shining, very narrow and few-flowered; corollas all tubular, yellowish, fertile, the outer ones pistillate, 3-7, the inner perfect, 2-3; receptacle naked; pappus none.
Fruits	Achenes glabrous.

	Artemisia suksdorfii
Flowering time	June-August
Habitat	Bluffs, beaches, rocky areas, and riverbanks, especially near the coast.
Distribution	Occurring west of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California. [WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]
Origin	Native
Conservation status	Not of concern
Sibling taxa	A. absinthium, A. annua, A. arbuscula, A. biennis, A. campestris, A. cana, A. douglasiana, A. dracunculus, A. frigida, A. furcata, A. ludoviciana, A. michauxiana, A. norvegica, A. rigida, A. spiciformis, A. stelleriana, A. tilesii, A. tridentata, A. tripartita, A. vulgaris
Web links	Local floras: BC, CA, OR, WA Local Web sites: CalFlora, CalPhotos, Flora NW, PNW Herbaria, Turner Photog. WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search

Artemisia suksdorfii

coastal mugwort, Suksdorf's sagewort, coastal wormwood

Habit

Stout perennial from a short, stout rhizome, the stems clustered, 5-15 dm. tall.

Leaves

Leaves broadly lanceolate to elliptic, entire, or with a few teeth or lobes, 8-15 cm. long and 1.5-5 cm. wide, white-woolly beneath and green and glabrous above.

Flowers

Heads very numerous in a dense, ample, paniculiform inflorescence;

involucre 3-4 mm. high, glabrous, yellow-green and shining, very narrow and few-flowered;

corollas all tubular, yellowish, fertile, the outer ones pistillate, 3-7, the inner perfect, 2-3;

receptacle naked;

pappus none.

Fruits

Achenes glabrous.