Artemisia campestris

Artemisia campestris is a common and widespread species of plants in the sunflower family, Asteraceae. It is native to a wide region of Eurasia and North America.[3] Common names include field wormwood,[4] beach wormwood,[5] northern wormwood,[6] Breckland wormwood[7] boreal wormwood, Canadian wormwood, field sagewort and field mugwort.[8][9][10]

Artemisia campestris
1813 illustration[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Artemisia
Species:
A. campestris
Binomial name
Artemisia campestris
L. 1753 not Pursh 1813 nor Kitam. 1940
Synonyms[2]
Artemisia near Baltic Sea

Artemisia campestris is a branching, aromatic plant up to 150 cm (5 feet) tall. It grows in open sites on dry sandy soils, in steppes, rocky slopes, and waste areas.[9]

Subspecies[2][8][10]
  • Artemisia campestris subsp. alpina (DC.) Arcang. - central Europe
  • Artemisia campestris subsp. borealis (Pall.) H.M.Hall & Clem. - northern + central Europe - northern North America
  • Artemisia campestris subsp. bothnica - Eurasia
  • Artemisia campestris subsp. bottnica Lundstr. ex Kindb. - Eurasia
  • Artemisia campestris subsp. campestris - Eurasia
  • Artemisia campestris subsp. canadensis (Michx.) Scoggan - Greenland, Canada, Maine
  • Artemisia campestris subsp. caudata (Michx.) H.M.Hall & Clem. - central Canada, eastern + central United States
  • Artemisia campestris subsp. glutinosa (Besser) Batt.
  • Artemisia campestris subsp. inodora Nyman
  • Artemisia campestris subsp. lednicensis (Spreng.) Greuter & Raab-Straube
  • Artemisia campestris subsp. maritima (DC.) Arcang.
  • Artemisia campestris subsp. pacifica (Nutt.) H.M.Hall & Clem. - western North America
  • Artemisia campestris subsp. variabilis (Ten.) Greuter

References

  1. Plate 37 from Adolphus Ypey, Vervolg ob de Avbeeldingen der artseny-gewassen met derzelver Nederduitsche en Latynsche beschryvingen, Eersde Deel, 1813, published by Kurt Stüber, http://www.biolib.de
  2. "Artemisia campestris". The Global Compositae Checklist (GCC) via The Plant List.
  3. Hill, Chris (2021-02-03). "'Incredibly rare' plants burst into life on busy industrial estate". East Anglian Daily Times. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
  4. "BSBI List 2007". Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2014-10-23. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  5. Hilty, John (2016). "Beach Wormwood (Artemisia campestris caudata)". Illinois Wildflowers.
  6. Second alternative name
  7. "3rd alternative name". Archived from the original on 2012-04-09. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  8. Shultz, Leila M. (2006). "Artemisia campestris". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). 19. New York and Oxford via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
  9. Lin, Yourun; Humphries, Christopher J.; Gilbert, Michael G. "Artemisia campestris". Flora of China. 20–21 via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
  10. Altervista Flora Italiana, Assenzio di campo, Artemisia campestris L.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.