Artemisia ordosica Krasch.

Shrubs, 50-100 cm tall, with a strong woody stock, much branched, purple or later brown. Lowermost leaf blades 3-5(-7) × 2-4 cm, 1-or 2-pinnatisect, basal lobes 2-or 3-lobuled. Middle stem leaves ± sessile; leaf blade pinnatisect; segments 3 or 4 pairs, linear, 15-30 × 0.5-1 mm, straight or falcate. Uppermost leaves and leaflike bracts 3-or 5-sect or entire. Synflorescence a broad panicle, nodding or oblique. Involucre ovoid, 1.5-2.5 mm in diam. Marginal female florets 10-14. Disk florets 5-7, male. Achenes obovoid. Fl. and fr. Jul-Oct. 2n = 36*.

It is a temperate plant. It grows on dunes, in desert areas and dry slopes from low elevations to 1,500 m above sea level in north China.

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.