Artemisia montana Pamp.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Artemisia

Characteristics

Herbs, perennial, 150-200 cm tall, from creeping rhizomes, gray pubescent, glabrescent. Basal leaves withering before anthesis. Middle stem leaves: petiole 2.5-3 cm; leaf blade ovate, 13-19 × 4-12 cm, abaxially gray tomentose, adaxially thinly arachnoid, glabrescent; pinnatipartite, segments 2 or 3 pairs, oblong or oblong-lanceolate; distal lobes larger, base attenuate, entire or occasionally few serrate. Uppermost leaves and leaflike bracts lanceolate, 3-cleft or entire. Synflorescence a large, often rather narrow, panicle, main branches usually ascending; ultimate branches short, secund, without bracts. Involucre oblong, 2.5-3 mm in diam.; outer phyllaries arachnoid tomentose. Marginal female florets 4-6; corolla apex lacerate. Disk florets 8-14, bisexual. Achene obovoid, 1.5-2 mm. 2n = 51-54.
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A herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows 150-200 cm tall. It has creeping rhizomes. The leaves on the middle of the stem are oval and 13-19 cm long by 4-12 cm wide. They are grey underneath. They are divided into 2 or 3 pairs of segments along the stalk.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.5 - 1.8
Root system rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Woods and grassy fields in mountains, C. and N. Japan. Roadsides, shrublands, forest margins, wet meadows and riverside forests; at elevations from 300-2,800 metres in China.
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It is a temperate plant. It grows along roadsides, in shrublands and on the edges of forests from 300-2,800 m above sea level in China.
Light 6-9
Soil humidity 1-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-10

Usage

The leaves are used as a vegetable with rice and also used in soup.
Uses medicinal
Edible leaves
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 -

Images

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Distribution

Artemisia montana world distribution map, present in China, Japan, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), and Russian Federation

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:179832-1
WFO ID wfo-0000033615
COL ID GWN3
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Artemisia gigantea Artemisia montana f. montana Artemisia gigantea var. gigantea Artemisia montana var. montana Artemisia vulgaris f. montana Artemisia montana Artemisia vulgaris var. montana