Biology:Artemisia campestris

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Artemisia campestris
Artemisia campestris Ypey37.jpg
1813 illustration
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Artemisia
Species:
A. campestris
Binomial name
Artemisia campestris
L. 1753 not Pursh 1813 nor Kitam. 1940[1]
Synonyms[2]
Artemisia campestris near the Baltic Sea

Artemisia campestris is a common and widespread species of plants in the sunflower family, Asteraceae. It is native to a wide region of Eurasia and North America.[3] Common names include field wormwood,[4] beach wormwood,[5] northern wormwood,[6] Breckland wormwood,[7] boreal wormwood, Canadian wormwood, field sagewort and field mugwort.[8][9][10]

Artemisia campestris is a branching, aromatic plant up to 150 cm (5 ft) tall. It grows in open sites on dry sandy soils, in steppes, rocky slopes, and waste areas.[9]

Subspecies

The following subspecies are accepted:[2]

  • Artemisia campestris subsp. borealis (Pall.) H.M.Hall & Clem.
  • Artemisia campestris subsp. bottnica Lundstr. ex Kindb.
  • Artemisia campestris subsp. campestris
  • Artemisia campestris subsp. canadensis (Michx.) Scoggan
  • Artemisia campestris subsp. caudata (Michx.) H.M.Hall & Clem.
  • Artemisia campestris subsp. cinerea
  • Artemisia campestris subsp. glutinosa (Gay ex Bess.) Batt.
  • Artemisia campestris subsp. lednicensis (Spreng.) Greuter & Raab-Straube
  • Artemisia campestris subsp. pacifica H.M.Hall & Clem.
  • Artemisia campestris subsp. variabilis (Ten.) Greuter

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q783863 entry