WorldFloraDB - Artemisia rupestris

Characteristics

Herbs, perennial, usually caespitose, 20-50 cm tall, ± woody at base, pubescent, glabrescent. Stems brown or dark brown, shortly branched or not. Leaves thinly textured. Lower stem leaves petiolate. Middle stem leaves ovate-elliptic or oblong, 1.5-3(-5) × 1-2(-2.5) cm, pinnatisect; segments 5-7 pairs, pectinate, ± clasping; lobules linear-lanceolate or linear, 1-6 × 0.5-1.5 mm. Uppermost leaves and leaflike bracts pinnatisect or 3-lobed. Synflorescence a spikelike or racemelike panicle. Capitula pedunculate or sessile, nodding. Involucre globose or subglobose, 4-7 mm in diam.; phyllaries pubescent, scarious margin lacerate; receptacle hemispheric, pubescent. Marginal female florets 8-16; corolla vasiform or narrowly conical, 3-or 4-toothed. Disk florets 30-70, bisexual. Achenes oblong or oblong-ovoid, usually with a minute apical crown. Fl. and fr. Jul-Oct. 2n = 18, 34.

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Perennials, 5–15(–25) cm (cespitose), faintly aromatic. Stems brownish purple, glabrous. Leaves deciduous, bright green; blades (proximalmost petiolate) ovate, 1.5–5 × 1–2.5 cm, 2–3-pinnately lobed (cauline sessile, ternately or pinnately lobed, terminal lobes lance-linear, 1–6 × 0.5–1 mm), faces glabrous or sparsely hairy, glandular. Heads (5–9, pedunculate or sessile, spreading or drooping) in spiciform arrays 3–9 × 0.5–1 cm. Involucres globose, 4–5(–7) × 4–5(–7) mm. Phyllaries green (margins light green), ± hairy. Florets: pistillate 14–16 (glandular, style branches exsert, linear, spreading); bisexual 40–70; corollas 1.5–2 mm, glabrous or glandular (styles shorter than corollas). Cypselae ca. 1 mm (apices flat), glabrous.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

-

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

-

Mature height (meter)

0.2 - 0.35

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

-

Blooming months

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

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

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

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

c3

Environment

Dry hills, desert or semidesert steppes, grassy marshlands, dry river valleys, riverbeds, scrub, forest margins; at elevations from 1,100-2,900 metres. Steppes, alkaline meadows, stony slopes; at elevations to 1,400 metres in Yukon.

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Soil humidity
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Soil acidity
Soil nutriment
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

Uses	medicinal
Edible	-
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°)	-40
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-