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Artemisia gmelinii Weber ex Stechm.

Gmelin's wormwood (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Artemisia

Characteristics

Subshrubs, caespitose, 50-100(-150) cm tall, from woody rhizomes, densely pubescent, or glabrescent. Stems branched from upper parts. Leaves gland-dotted. Middle stem leaves: petiole 1-5 cm, triangular-or elliptic-ovate, 2-10 × 2-8 cm, 2-or 3-pinnatisect; segments 3-5 pairs; lobules serrate or pectinate; rachis serrate. Uppermost leaves and leaflike bracts 1-or 2-pinnatisect or entire; lobes linear or linear-lanceolate. Synflorescence a broad panicle. Capitula nodding. Involucre globose, 2-3.5(-5) mm in diam.; phyllaries puberulent, sometimes glabrescent. Marginal female florets 10-12; corolla narrowly tubular, ca. 1.3 mm, densely gland-dotted. Disk florets 20-40, bisexual; corolla ca. 1.8 mm. Achenes ellipsoid-ovoid or ellipsoid-conical. Fl. and fr. Aug-Oct. 2n = 18, 36.
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A shrub. It grows 50-100 cm high. It has several upright stems. It has woody rhizomes that can be hairy. The leaves in the middle of the stem are oval or triangle shaped and 2-10 cm long by 2-8 cm wide. They are divided 2 or 3 times. There are 3-5 pairs of segments.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 1.0
Mature height (meter) 1.0
Root system rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) 0.85
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Dry stony slopes. Hills, waysides, shrublands, slopes, often dominant on southern slopes, roadsides, forest steppes, steppes, meadows, dry floodlands, wastelands; at elevations from 1,000-4,900 metres.
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It is a cool temperate plant. It grows in hills, steppe, semi-desert steppe, meadows, rocky slopes, scrub, dry floodlands, wastelands between 1500-4900 m altitude in China.
Light 6-9
Soil humidity 1-6
Soil texture 2-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 4-7

Usage

The leaves and flowers are mixed with wheat flour and water to prepare ferments.
Uses animal food environmental use essential oil fodder material medicinal ornamental
Edible flowers leaves
Therapeutic use Antipruritics (aerial part), Antipyretics (aerial part), Colonic neoplasms (aerial part), Fever (aerial part), Leukemia, lymphoid (aerial part), Lung neoplasms (aerial part), Malaria (aerial part), Nasopharyngeal neoplasms (aerial part), Scabies (aerial part), Ulcer (aerial part), Abdominal pain (leaf), Anthelmintics (leaf), Abscess (unspecified), Airwick (unspecified), Bactericide (unspecified), Carminative (unspecified), Tuberculosis (unspecified), Dyspepsia (unspecified), Eye (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Jaundice (unspecified), Scabies (unspecified), Stomachic (unspecified), Dysentery (unspecified), Skin (unspecified), Bitter-Principle (unspecified), Night-Sweat (unspecified), Head(Veterinary) (unspecified), Antipyretics (unspecified), Malaria (unspecified), Insecticides (unspecified), Disorder of head (unspecified), Appetite stimulants (whole plant), Diuretics (whole plant), Jaundice (whole plant), Skin diseases (whole plant)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 10 - 20
Germination temperacture (C°) 23
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) 13 - 29
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Artemisia gmelinii unspecified picture

Distribution

Artemisia gmelinii world distribution map, present in China, India, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), Russian Federation, Tajikistan, United States of America, and Uzbekistan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:179537-1
WFO ID wfo-0000084708
COL ID 8V6VG
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Artemisia gmelinii Artemisia baicalensis Artemisia sacrorum Artemisia millefoliata Artemisia iwayomogi Artemisia racemifera Artemisia monogyna Artemisia annua Artemisia suaveolens Artemisia sacrorum Artemisia sacrorum f. sacrorum Artemisia tanacetifolia Artemisia abrotanoides Artemisia saclorum var. intermedia Artemisia gmelinii var. gmelinii Artemisia sacrorum subsp. sacrorum Artemisia iwayomogi var. iwayomogi Artemisia gmelinii subsp. gmelinii Artemisia stechmanniana var. sibirica Artemisia gmelinii subsp. intermedia Artemisia saclorum var. latiloba Artemisia sacrorum var. minor Artemisia gmelinii subsp. latiloba Artemisia iwayomogi f. laciniiformis Artemisia santonica subsp. monogyna Artemisia gmelinii subsp. manshurica Artemisia messerschmidiana var. viridis Artemisia sacrorum var. iwayomogi Artemisia gmelinii var. minor

Lower taxons

Artemisia gmelinii var. incana Artemisia gmelinii var. messerschmidiana
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