Difference between revisions of "Artemisia abrotanum"
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|distribution=Alta.;Man.;N.B.;Ont.;Que.;Sask.;Colo.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Ill.;Iowa;Kans.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Nebr.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Oreg.;Pa.;S.C.;Utah;Vt.;Wis.;Wyo.;Eurasia;Africa. | |distribution=Alta.;Man.;N.B.;Ont.;Que.;Sask.;Colo.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Ill.;Iowa;Kans.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Nebr.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Oreg.;Pa.;S.C.;Utah;Vt.;Wis.;Wyo.;Eurasia;Africa. | ||
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|discussion=<p><i>Artemisia abrotanum</i> has been widely cultivated in gardens for old-time uses such as a fly and parasite repellent. It has had a renewed popularity in xeriscape gardening; it is drought tolerant and can fill difficult garden spaces (e.g., dry rocky slopes). Reports of naturalization may be exaggerated; it is not known to become weedy in any of its known locations in North America.</p> | |discussion=<p><i>Artemisia abrotanum</i> has been widely cultivated in gardens for old-time uses such as a fly and parasite repellent. It has had a renewed popularity in xeriscape gardening; it is drought tolerant and can fill difficult garden spaces (e.g., dry rocky slopes). Reports of naturalization may be exaggerated; it is not known to become weedy in any of its known locations in North America.</p> | ||
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|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Anthemideae | |tribe=Asteraceae tribe Anthemideae | ||
|genus=Artemisia | |genus=Artemisia | ||
Latest revision as of 20:57, 5 November 2020
Perennials or subshrubs, 50–130(–170) cm (not cespitose), aromatic (roots thick, woody). Stems relatively numerous, erect, brown, branched, (woody, brittle), glabrous or sparsely hairy. Leaves cauline, dark green; blades broadly ovate, (2–)3–6 × 0.02–0.15 cm, 2–3-pinnatifid (lobes linear or filiform), faces sparsely hairy (abaxial) or glabrous (adaxial). Heads (nodding at maturity) in open, widely branched arrays 10–30 × 2–10 cm. Involucres ovoid, (1–)2–3.5 × (1–)2–2.5 mm. Phyllaries oblong-elliptic, sparsely hairy. Florets: pistillate 4–8(–15); bisexual 14–16(–20); corollas yellow, 0.5–1 mm, glandular. Cypselae (light brown) ellipsoid (2–5-angled, flattened, furrowed), 0.5–1 mm, glabrous. 2n = 18.
Phenology: Flowering late summer–fall.
Habitat: Waste places
Elevation: 0–3000 m
Distribution
Introduced; Alta., Man., N.B., Ont., Que., Sask., Colo., Conn., Del., D.C., Ill., Iowa, Kans., Maine, Md., Mass., Mich., Minn., Nebr., N.H., N.J., N.Y., N.C., Oreg., Pa., S.C., Utah, Vt., Wis., Wyo., Eurasia, Africa.
Discussion
Artemisia abrotanum has been widely cultivated in gardens for old-time uses such as a fly and parasite repellent. It has had a renewed popularity in xeriscape gardening; it is drought tolerant and can fill difficult garden spaces (e.g., dry rocky slopes). Reports of naturalization may be exaggerated; it is not known to become weedy in any of its known locations in North America.
Selected References
None.