Artemisia campestris subsp. caudata
Artemisia subg. Drancunculus
armoise caudée
usually 1.
wandlike (new stems may sprout from caudices).
basal rosettes not persistent (faces green and glabrous or sparsely white-pubescent).
deciduous (persistent in A. aleutica and A. borealis), usually cauline, sometimes basal, not in fascicles.
turbinate, 2–3 × 2–3 mm.
epaleate, glabrous.
peripheral 1–25 pistillate and fertile;
central 3–32 functionally staminate (not setting fruits);
corollas subglobose.
in arrays 12–30(–35) × 1–8(–12) cm.
disciform.
Artemisia campestris subsp. caudata
Artemisia subg. Drancunculus
A population of Artemisia campestris found in Massachusetts differs from populations of subsp. caudata by its smaller heads and multiple branched stems. That population is typical of subsp. campestris, formerly believed to be restricted to Europe.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Species ca. 80 (8 in the flora).
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
1. Plants 5–30(–80+) cm (often cespitose and/or mounded) | → 2 |
1. Plants (10–)50–180 cm (not cespitose) | → 5 |
2. Perennials; leaves 2–3-palmately or -pinnately lobed | → 3 |
2. Perennials or subshrubs; leaves 1–2-pinnately or -ternately lobed | → 4 |
3. Leaves 2-palmately lobed; corollas purplish red; Aleutian Islands | A. aleutica |
3. Leaves 2–3-pinnately or -ternately lobed; corollas (at least lobes) usually yellow- orange or deep red; n latitudes and w mountains | A. borealis |
4. Leaves gray-green, lobes 1–2 mm wide; involucres 3–4 × 3–4 mm; corollas yellow, usually red-tinged, glabrous | A. pedatifida |
4. Leaves silver-green, lobes mostly 2–3 mm wide; involucres 4–5(–7) × 2–3 mm wide; corollas pale yellow, glandular | A. porteri |
5. Plants tarragon-scented or not aromatic; leaves mostly entire, sometimes (basal) irregularly lobed, faces usually glabrous, sometimes glabrescent (deserts) | A. dracunculus |
5. Plants faintly to strongly aromatic (not tarragon-scented); leaves lobed, faces hairy | → 6 |
6. Shrubs, 60–180 cm (rounded, stems wandlike); involucres 1.5–2 mm diam | A. filifolia |
6. Biennials or perennials, (10–)30–80(–150) cm; involucres 2–4.5(–7) mm diam | → 7 |
7. Stems usually 1–5; heads in (mostly leafless) paniculiform arrays | A. campestris |
7. Stems usually 10+; heads (clustered in glomerules) in (densely leafy) paniculiform to spiciform arrays | A. pycnocephala |
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