Artemisia scopulorum

A. Gray

Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 15: 66. 1863.

Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 19. Treatment on page 520. Mentioned on page 519.

Perennials, 10–25 cm (cespitose), mildly aromatic (caudices relatively slender). Stems gray-green, glabrate. Leaves persistent, gray-green; blades (basal) oblanceolate, 2–7 × 0.1 cm, 2-pinnately lobed (lobes linear or oblanceolate; cauline blades smaller, 1–2-pinnate or entire), faces silky-canescent. Heads (5–22) in spiciform arrays 5–9 × 1–1.5 cm. Involucres broadly globose or subglobose, 4 × 4–7 mm. Phyllaries green (margins black or dark brown), densely villous. Florets: pistillate 6–13; bisexual 15–30; corollas 1.5–2.5 mm, hairy (at least on lobes). Cypselae 0.8–1 mm, glabrous. 2n = 18.


Phenology: Flowering mid–late summer.
Habitat: Alpine meadows, protected areas, bases of rocks
Elevation: 3100–4200 m

Distribution

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Colo., Mont., Nev., N.Mex., Utah, Wyo.

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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Leila M. Shultz +
A. Gray +
Undefined subg. Absinthium +
Colo. +, Mont. +, Nev. +, N.Mex. +, Utah +  and Wyo. +
3100–4200 m +
Alpine meadows, protected areas, bases of rocks +
Flowering mid–late summer. +
Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia +
Artemisia subsect. Absinthium +
Artemisia scopulorum +
Artemisia subg. Absinthium +
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