9. Tribe ANTHEMIDEAE

anches in ± narrow panicles, oblong or oblong-ovoid, 2–
2.5(–3) mm in diam. Marginal female florets 5–8. Disk florets
8–20, bisexual; corolla limb purple. Achenes oblong or obovoid-ellipsoid.
Fl. and fr. Aug–Oct.
● Slopes, roadsides, riverbanks, lakeshores; 2200–3500 m. Gansu,
Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, S Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi,
Shanxi, Sichuan.
Artemisia verbenacea is used medicinally.
75. Artemisia rubripes Nakai, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 31: 112.
1917.
红足蒿 hong zu hao
Artemisia mongolica (Fischer ex Besser) Nakai var. parviflora
(Besser) Kitagawa; A. mongolica var. pseudovulgaris
Pampanini; A. nipponica Pampanini var. rubripes (Nakai) Pampanini;
A. venusta Pampanini; A. vulgaris Linnaeus var. maximowiczii
Nakai, p.p.; A. vulgaris var. parviflora Besser.
Herbs, perennial, 75–180 cm tall, puberulent or glabrescent.
Lowermost and middle stem leaves: petiole 5–10 mm or
more; leaf blade abaxially densely gray arachnoid tomentose,
adaxially ± glabrous. Lowermost leaves suborbicular, 2-pinnatisect.
Middle stem leaves ovate, elliptic-ovate, or broadly
ovate, 7–13 × 4–10 cm, (1 or)2-pinnatisect; segments 3 or 4
pairs, lanceolate, linear-lanceolate, or linear, 20–40 × 2–6(–10)
cm; lobules 2 or 3 pairs, serrate. Uppermost leaves pinnatisect;
leaflike bracts 3–5-sect. Capitula closely spaced along branches
in ± broad panicles, ellipsoid-ovoid or oblong-ovoid, 1–1.5(–2)
mm in diam. Phyllaries arachnoid puberulent or ± glabrescent.
Marginal female florets 9–10. Disk florets 12–14, bisexual.
Achenes narrowly ovoid. Fl. and fr. Aug–Oct.
Waste areas, grassy slopes, forest steppes, shrublands, roadsides,
riverbanks, meadows, forests; low elevations to 1200 m. Anhui, N
Fujian, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Jiangsu, N Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, E Nei
Mongol, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Zhejiang [Japan, Korea, Mongolia,
Russia].
76. Artemisia divaricata (Pampanini) Pampanini, Nuovo
Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 46: 560. 1939.
叉枝蒿 cha zhi hao
Artemisia roxburghiana Besser var. divaricata Pampanini,
Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 36: 431. 1930.
Herbs, perennial, 80–120(–150) cm tall, gray pubescent
or glabrescent. Leaves pubescent and glabrescent adaxially,
densely yellowish pubescent and gray arachnoid tomentose,
persistent. Lowermost leaves long petiolate; leaf blade 2-pinnatisect;
segments 4 pairs. Middle stem leaves: petiole 1–1.5
cm; leaf blade ovate or elliptic-ovate, 4–5 × 3.5–5 cm, 2-pinnatisect;
segments 4(or 5) pairs, ovate, 15–25 × 5–15 mm;
lobules 3 or 4 pairs, elliptic-lanceolate or linear-lanceolate,
10–15(–2) × 1.5–2.5 mm. Uppermost leaves 1- or 2-pinnatisect;
leaflike bracts pinnatisect. Capitula in broad, much-branched
panicles, oblong or oblong-ovoid, 1.5–2 mm in diam. Marginal
female florets 3–5. Disk florets 4–8, bisexual. Achenes oblong
or ellipsoid. Fl. and fr. Aug–Oct.
● Hills, slopes, roadsides; 2000–3400 m. W Hubei, N and W Sichuan,
W Yunnan.
ANTHEMIDEAE
77. Artemisia indica Willdenow, Sp. Pl. 3: 1846. 1803.
五月艾 wu yue ai
703
Herbs, perennial, or subshrubs, 80–150 cm tall, much
branched, sparsely puberulent or glabrescent. Leaves shortly
petiolate or ± sessile; leaf blade abaxially densely gray arachnoid
tomentose, adaxially gray or yellowish tomentose or glabrescent.
Lowermost leaves ovate or oblong-ovate, 6–12 × 3–8
cm, (1 or)2-pinnatipartite; distal lobes larger; segments 3 or 4
pairs, winged at midvein. Middle stem leaves ovate, oblongovate,
or elliptic, 5–8 × 3–5 cm, (1 or)2-pinnatipartite; segments
3(or 4) pairs; distal lobe larger; lobes elliptic-lanceolate, linearlanceolate,
or linear, 10–20 × 3–5 mm; lobules deeply serrate,
acute or acuminate apically. Uppermost leaves pinnatipartite;
leaflike bracts 3-lobed or entire. Capitula sessile or inconspicuously
pedunculate, ± erect, remote in broadly conical, almost
leafless panicle with obliquely spreading, up to 18 cm long
branches. Involucre ovoid, oblong-ovoid, or broadly ovoid, 3–4
× ca. 2 mm; phyllaries puberulent to glabrous. Florets 15–20,
yellowish, all fertile. Marginal female florets 4–10; corolla tubular,
± glandular, 2-toothed. Disk florets 8–12, bisexual, basally
glandular. Achenes brown, oblong or obovoid, ca. 1.25
mm. Fl. and fr. Aug–Oct.
Roadsides, forest margins, slopes, shrublands; low elevations to
2000 m. Anhui, Fujian, S Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan,
S Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning,
SE Nei Mongol, S Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, SE
Xizang, Yunnan, Zhejiang [India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Myanmar,
Philippines, N Thailand, Vietnam; North and Central America, Oceania].
1a. Branches 10–15(–20) cm; leaves densely
arachnoid tomentose, lobules acute
apically, midvein narrowly winged ............ 77a. var. indica
1b. Branches 15–25 cm; leaves sparsely
arachnoid tomentose or glabrescent
abaxially, lobules acuminate or
mucronulate apically, midvein
winged ........................................... 77b. var. elegantissima
77a. Artemisia indica var. indica
五月艾(原变种) wu yue ai (yuan bian zhong)
Absinthium moxa Besser; Artemisia asiatica Nakai ex
Pampanini; A. dubia Wallich ex Besser f. communis Pampanini;
A. dubia var. compacta Pampanini; A. dubia f. congesta Pampanini;
A. dubia var. gracilis Pampanini; A. dubia var. grata
(Wallich ex Besser) Pampanini; A. dubia f. leptostachya (Candolle)
Pampanini; A. dubia var. multiflora (Wallich ex Besser)
Pampanini; A. dubia var. orientalis Pampanini, p.p.; A. dubia
var. septentrionalis Pampanini; A. grata Wallich ex Besser; A.
indica var. heyneana Wallich ex Besser; A. indica var. multiflora
Wallich ex Besser; A. indica var. nepalensis Besser; A.
leptophylla D. Don; A. leptostachya Candolle; A. longiflora
Pampanini; A. nilagirica (C. B. Clarke) Pampanini f. lobata
Pampanini; A. pleiocephala Pampanini var. grandis Pampanini;
A. princeps Pampanini var. orientalis (Pampanini) H. Hara; A.
vulgaris Linnaeus var. indica (Willdenow) Maximowicz; A.
vulgaris var. vulgatissima Besser, p.p.; A. wallichiana Besser.
Branches 10–15(–20) cm. Leaves abaxially densely arach-