WorldFloraDB - Artemisia brachyloba

Characteristics

Subshrubs or small shrubs, 30-60 cm tall, with strong woody rootstock, much branched, pubescent; stems glabrescent. Lower and middle stem leaves sessile; leaf blade broadly ovate or ovate, 2-4 × 1.5-2 cm, 2(or 3)-pinnatisect; segments 3 or 4 pairs; lobules narrowly linear or linear-lanceolate, 3-6(-8) × 0.3-1 mm. Uppermost leaves and leaflike bracts pinnatifid or 3-lobed or entire; bracts linear. Synflorescence a narrow panicle. Involucre ovoid or ovoid-campanulate; phyllaries densely white tomentose. Marginal female florets 10-15. Disk florets 20-25, bisexual. Achenes ovoid. Fl. and fr. Jul-Oct.

More

A herb that has stems that are woody at the base. It grows 20-50 cm high. The stems at the base are 1-2 cm across. The young branches are slender and hairy. The leaves are triangle shaped. They are 2-4 cm long by 2 cm wide. The lower leaves are divided twice into smaller leaflets. The flowers are small. They are in heads 3-5 mm long by 2-4 mm wide. They are in loose clusters in the axils of leaves or at the ends of branches.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

shrub

Growth support

-

Foliage retention

-

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

-

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

-

Mature height (meter)

0.3 - 0.5

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

-

Blooming months

-

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

c3

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It grows on grassy hillsides and rocky cliffs in arid and semi-desert places in northern China. It can grow in arid places.

More

Sunny or rocky slopes or steppes, Gobi Desert, semidesert steppes; at middle or low elevations.

Light	-
Soil humidity	-
Soil texture	-
Soil acidity	-
Soil nutriment	-
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

The roots are used to make tea.

Uses	fodder medicinal tea
Edible	leaves roots
Therapeutic use	-
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.

Mode	cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days)	30 - 60
Germination temperacture (C°)	15 - 18
Germination luminosity	light
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	-
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-

Distribution

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:179280-1
WFO ID	wfo-0000063767
COL ID	GW5J
BDTFX ID	-
INPN ID	-
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Artemisia brachyloba Artemisia licentii

WorldFloraDB 2024

Artemisia brachyloba Franch.

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