Artemisia furcata
Artemisia furcata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Artemisia |
Species: | A. furcata |
Binomial name | |
Artemisia furcata M.Bieb. | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Artemisia furcata (forked wormwood)[2] is an Asian and North American species of plants in the sunflower family found in cold regions at high elevations or high latitudes. It is native to Canada (British Columbia, Alberta, + all 3 Arctic territories), the United States (Alaska + Washington), eastern Russia (Siberia and Russian Far East), Kazakhstan, and Japan.[3][4]
Artemisia furcata is a perennial up to 35 cm (14 inches) tall, not generally forming clumps. Leaves are gray-green, some forming a rosette at the base, others attached to the stem. Heads are small but numerous, yellow. The species is found in tundra and on talus slopes.[5]
References
- ↑ The Plant List Artemisia furcata M.Bieb.
- ↑ "Artemisia furcata". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ↑ Biota of North America Program 2014 state-level distribution map
- ↑ Pan-arctic Flora, 862207 Artemisia furcata M. Bieb.
- ↑ Flora of North America, Artemisia furcata M. Bieberstein, Fl. Taur.-Caucas. 3: 567. 1819.
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