Artemisia aleutica Hultén

Aleutian wormwood (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Artemisia

Characteristics

Perennials, 5–10 cm (cespitose), mildly aromatic; caudices branched. Stems usually 1, reddish brown to gray, tomentose to glabrate. Leaves persistent, mostly basal, gray-green; (petioles often expanded) blades (at least proximal) obovate, 1.5–5 × 0.5–1 cm, 2-palmately lobed, lobes relatively narrow, apices acute, faces densely white-villous (brownish in age); cauline smaller, distally 1-ternate. Heads (sessile or peduncles 2–15 mm) in racemiform or spiciform arrays, 1.5–3 × 0.5–1 cm. Involucres hemispheric or globose, (2–)5–7 × (2–)6–8 mm. Phyllaries villous. Florets: pistillate 4–6; functionally staminate 15–30; corollas purplish red, 1.5–2 mm, hairy. Cypselae oblong, ca. 1 mm, faintly nerved, glabrous.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.05 - 0.1
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Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-5
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Usage

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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 30 - 60
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 18
Germination luminosity light
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Distribution

Artemisia aleutica world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:179175-1
WFO ID wfo-0000036188
COL ID GW26
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Artemisia aleutica