9. Tribe ANTHEMIDEAE

710
Riverbanks, lakeshores, humid areas, meadows, slopes, roadsides;
low elevations to 2500 m. Anhui, S Gansu, N Guangdong, Guizhou,
Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin,
Liaoning, S Nei Mongol, S Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan
[Korea, Mongolia, Russia (E Siberia)].
1a. Margins of leaves or lobes serrulate
........................................................... 105a. var. selengensis
1b. Leaves or lobes not serrulate, rarely
mixed few serrulate .......................... 105b. var. shansiensis
105a. Artemisia selengensis var. selengensis
蒌蒿(原变种) lou hao (yuan bian zhong)
Artemisia cannabifolia H. Léveillé; A. cannabifolia var.
nigrescens H. Léveillé; A. selengensis f. amurensis Pampanini;
A. selengensis var. cannabifolia (H. Léveillé) Pampanini; A.
selengensis f. dielsii Pampanini; A. selengensis f. integerrima
(Komarov) Pampanini; A. selengensis var. pannosa Pampanini;
A. selengensis f. serratifolia (Regel) Pampanini; A. selengensis
f. simplicifolia Nakai ex Pampanini; A. selengensis f. subintegra
Pampanini; A. vulgaris Linnaeus var. integerrima
Komarov; A. vulgaris lusus selengensis (Turczaninow ex Besser)
Regel; A. vulgaris var. selengensis (Turczaninow ex Besser)
Maximowicz; A. vulgaris f. serratifolia (Regel) Komarov;
A. vulgaris lusus serratifolia Regel.
Leaf margin serrulate.
Riverbanks, lakeshores, humid areas, meadows, sometimes cultivated;
low elevations. Anhui, S Gansu, N Guangdong, Guizhou, Hebei,
Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, S
Nei Mongol, S Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan [Korea,
Mongolia, Russia].
Artemisia selengensis var. selengensis is used for anti-inflammatory
and anthelmintic medicines. The rhizome is edible.
105b. Artemisia selengensis var. shansiensis Y. R. Ling, Bull.
Bot. Res., Harbin 8(3): 5. 1988.
山西蒌蒿 shan xi lou hao
Leaves or lobes not serrulate, rarely mixed few serrulate.
● Slopes, roadsides; low elevations. Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan,
Shanxi.
106. Artemisia keiskeana Miquel, Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-
Batavi 2: 176. 1866.
无齿蒌蒿 wu chi lou hao
Artemisia keiskeana f. hirtella Nakai; A. keiskeana subf.
rotundifolia Pampanini; A. vulgaris Linnaeus lusus glabrescens
Regel.
Subshrubs, 30–100(–120) cm tall, strongly rhizomatous,
most parts sparsely puberulent or glabrescent. Lower stem
leaves: petiole 3–8 mm; leaf blade obovate or broadly cuneate,
3–8 × 1.5–4.5 cm, base attenuate, margin few acutely serrate
from middle to apex, apex rounded. Middle stem leaves ±
sessile; leaf blade obovate, ovate-elliptic, or obovate-cuneate,
4.5–6.5(–8) × 1.5–4 cm, base attenuate, margin serrate upward,
apex obtuse. Upper leaves and leaflike bracts ovate or
elliptic, few serrate or entire. Synflorescence a lax conical
ANTHEMIDEAE
panicle; branches obliquely ascending, longer than subtending
leaves. Capitula long pedunculate, pendent. Involucre subglobose,
3–3.5 mm in diam.; phyllaries glabrous. Marginal female
florets 6–10; corolla 1.2–1.5 mm. Disk florets 13–18, bisexual;
corolla ca. 2 mm. Achenes ovoid-ellipsoid, ca. 2 mm. Fl. and fr.
Aug–Nov. 2n = 18, 27.
Roadsides, dry slopes, shrublands, grasslands, forest margins;
100–900 m. Hebei, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Shandong [Japan,
Korea, E Russia].
107. Artemisia fulgens Pampanini, Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital.,
n.s., 36: 427. 1930.
亮蒿 liang hao
Herbs, perennial, 100–150 cm tall. Middle stem leaves ±
sessile; leaf blade oblong, 4–9 × 2.5–4 cm, sparsely gray pubescent
or glabrescent, 1- or 2-pinnatipartite to subpinnatisect; segments
4 or 5 pairs; lobes or lobules linear or linear-lanceolate,
8–25(–35) × 2.5–3.5 mm, rachis narrowly winged, acuminate
apically. Uppermost leaves pinnatipartite or pinnatisect; leaflike
bracts lobed or entire, latter linear or linear-lanceolate. Synflorescence
a conical panicle, relatively small. Capitula crowded at
branch tips, subsessile. Involucre ellipsoid or oblong-ovoid, 2–3
mm in diam.; phyllaries pale, sometimes with narrow dark
midrib, arachnoid puberulent or glabrescent. Marginal female
florets 6–8. Disk florets 10–20, bisexual. Achenes oblong. Fl.
and fr. Aug–Nov.
● River floodlands, waste areas, slopes; 3400–3600 m. S Qinghai,
W Sichuan, E Xizang.
This species looks rather similar to Artemisia flaccida.
108. Artemisia sylvatica Maximowicz, Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci.
St.-Pétersbourg Divers Savans 9: 161. 1859.
阴地蒿 yin di hao
Herbs, perennial, 80–130 cm tall, puberulent or glabrescent.
Lower and middle stem leaves: petiole 2–4(–5) cm; leaf
blade ovate, broadly ovate, or oblong, 8–12(–15) × 7–11 cm,
abaxially sparsely gray arachnoid tomentose or glabrescent,
adaxially glabrescent, 1- or 2-pinnatipartite; segments 2 or 3
pairs, elliptic or oblong, 6–7(–9) × 1–1.5(–2) cm, 3–5-partite or
-cleft, rarely entire; lobules elliptic, elliptic-lanceolate, or ovatelanceolate,
usually serrate. Uppermost leaves pinnatipartite; segments
1 or 2, lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, distal one longer,
occasionally 1- or 2-serrate; leaflike bracts 3–5-partite or entire.
Synflorescence a broad diffusely much-branched, conical panicle;
ultimate branches slender and flexuous. Capitula shortly pedunculate,
± secund, most subtending bracts minute. Involucre
subglobose or ovoid, 1.5–2.5 mm in diam.; phyllaries sparsely
arachnoid puberulent, sometimes glabrescent, with distinct narrow
midrib. Marginal female florets 4–7. Disk florets 8–14, bisexual.
Achenes narrowly ovoid or narrowly obovoid. Fl. and fr.
Aug–Oct. 2n = 16.
Forest margins, shrublands, humid areas, slopes, roadsides; 100–
1300 m. Anhui, SE Gansu, Guizhou, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei,
Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Qinghai, S
Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang [Korea, Mongolia,
E Russia].