Artemisia serrata |
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sawtooth wormwood, serrate-leaf sage |
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Habit | Perennials, 50–100(–300) cm (not cespitose), pleasantly aromatic (fibrous-rooted, rhizomes horizontal, relatively short). |
Stems | 2–5, erect, brown, mostly simple (bases woody), sparsely tomentose. |
Leaves | cauline, bicolor (white and green); blades lanceolate, 7–15 × 1–2.5 cm, serrate (teeth ca. 2 mm), faces densely tomentose (abaxial) or glabrate (adaxial). |
Involucres | campanulate, 2.5–3 × 2–2.5 mm. |
Florets | pistillate 3–5; bisexual 9–10; corollas pale yellow, 1.5–2 mm, sparsely glandular. |
Phyllaries | lanceolate (margins hyaline), densely tomentose. |
Heads | (peduncles 0 or to 2 mm) in racemiform arrays 10–15 × 5–15 cm. |
Cypselae | ellipsoid, ca. 1 mm, glabrous. |
2n | = 36. |
Artemisia serrata |
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Phenology | Flowering mid summer–early fall. |
Habitat | Grasslands and barren areas on high plains |
Elevation | 500–1800 m (1600–5900 ft) |
Distribution |
IA; IL; MN; ND; NY; WI
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Discussion | Artemisia serrata is closely related to A. ludoviciana and A. longifolia; it is distinguished by its prominent, serrated leaf margins. It is apparently native to the upper Mississippi Valley and naturalized in New York, presumably following introduction as a garden plant. Reports from Kansas and Missouri may be based on collections of A. ludoviciana. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 19, p. 532. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Anthemideae > Artemisia > subg. Artemisia |
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Synonyms | A. vulgaris subsp. serrata |
Name authority | Nuttall: Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 142. (1818) |
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