Flora of North America species comparison

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Artemisia borealis subsp. richardsoniana
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Richardson's sagewort
Habit Plants (6–)8–15(–20) cm, herbage white-hoary.
Corollas

(at least lobes) deep red, 3–3.5 mm.

Artemisia borealis subsp. richardsoniana
Phenology Flowering mid–late summer.
Habitat River terraces, tundra
Elevation 0–600 m (0–2000 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AK; NT; NU; YT
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Discussion

Long overlooked, subsp. richardsoniana is easily distinguished by its relatively short stature, dense, white indument, and deep red corollas. It is known only from western arctic North America.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 19, p. 506.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Anthemideae > Artemisia > subg. Drancunculus > Artemisia borealis
Sibling taxa
A. borealis subsp. borealis
Synonyms A. richardsoniana, A. caudata var. richardsoniana, A. desertorum var. richardsoniana
Name authority (Besser) Korobkov: in A. I. Tolmatchew, Fl. Arct. URSS 10: 178. (1987)
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