Artemisia suksdorfii |
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coastal mugwort, coastal wormwood, Suksdorf sagewort, Suksdorf's mugwort, Suksdorf's sagewort, Suksdorf's wormwood |
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Habit | Perennials, 50–170(–200) cm, aromatic (rhizomes woody, coarse). |
Stems | usually 10+, erect, light brown, simple, usually glabrous. |
Leaves | cauline (sessile), bicolor (white and dark green); blades lanceolate, 5–10(–15) × 1–5 cm (bases strongly tapered, attenuate), coarsely and irregularly lobed, faces tomentose (abaxial) or glabrous (adaxial). |
Involucres | narrowly turbinate or globose, 1.5–2.5 × 1–1.5 mm. |
Florets | pistillate 2–5; bisexual 2–7; corollas yellow, 1.5–3 mm, glabrous. |
Phyllaries | (straw-colored to yellow-green, shiny) lanceolate, glabrous or sparsely hairy. |
Heads | (erect) in crowded (proximally leafy), paniculiform or racemiform arrays 17–30 × (2–)4–5 cm (lateral branches stiff, erect). |
Cypselae | ellipsoid, 0.8–1.5 mm, glabrous. |
2n | = 18. |
Artemisia suksdorfii |
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Phenology | Flowering mid summer–fall. |
Habitat | Coastal habitats, often along roads or drainages |
Elevation | 0–200 m (0–700 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; OR; WA; BC
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Discussion | Artemisia suksdorfii is similar morphologically to A. douglasiana; it has more and smaller heads, and glabrous phyllaries. The two species hybridize where their ranges overlap. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 19, p. 533. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Anthemideae > Artemisia > subg. Artemisia |
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Synonyms | A. heterophylla, A. vulgaris var. littoralis |
Name authority | Piper: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28: 42. (1901) |
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