9. Tribe ANTHEMIDEAE

718
most leaves and leaflike bracts 1- or 2-pinnatipartite or -sect,
margin serrate. Synflorescence a ± narrow conical panicle, often
with extra panicles from upper nodes to form broad, conical,
compound panicle; branches obliquely ascending; ultimate
branches to 4 cm; bracts mostly absent. Capitula closely spaced,
sessile. Involucre oblong, 1.5–2.5(–3) mm in diam. Marginal
female florets 4–10. Disk florets 4–10, bisexual. Achenes obovoid
or obovoid-oblong. Fl. and fr. Aug–Oct. 2n = 16, 18.
Forest margins, shrublands, canyons, slopes, roadsides, riverbanks,
thickets; low elevations to 3000 m. Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong,
Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, S Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi,
Shaanxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan, Zhejiang [Cambodia, N India, Indonesia,
Laos, Singapore, N Thailand].
1a. Leaves ca. 31 × 15 cm,
pinnatisect; leaflike bracts
triangular ................................... 131c. var. taibaishanensis
1b. Leaves 5.5–12.5(–14.5) ×
4.5–8.5(–12) cm, 1- or
2(or 3)-pinnatisect or -partite;
leaflike bracts pinnatipartite
or pinnatisect.
2a. Middle stem leaves 1- or
2-pinnatisect or -partite,
uppermost leaves pinnatipartite
or pinnatisect ............................... 131a. var. lactiflora
2b. Middle stem leaves
2(or 3)-pinnatisect, uppermost
leaves 1- or 2-pinnatipartite or
-pinnatisect ....................................... 131b. var. incisa
131a. Artemisia lactiflora var. lactiflora
白苞蒿(原变种) bai bao hao (yuan bian zhong)
Artemisia lactiflora f. henryana Pampanini; A. lactiflora f.
septemlobata (H. Léveillé & Vaniot) Pampanini; A. septemlobata
H. Léveillé & Vaniot.
Middle stem leaf blades 1- or 2-pinnatisect or -partite. Uppermost
leaf blades pinnatipartite or -sect.
Forest margins, shrublands, canyons; low elevations to 3000 m.
Anhui, Fujian, S Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, S Henan, Hubei,
Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, S Shaanxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan, Zhejiang
[Cambodia, N India, Indonesia, Laos, Singapore, N Thailand].
Artemisia lactiflora var. lactiflora is used in anti-inflammatory
medicines and is also cultivated as a culinary herb.
131b. Artemisia lactiflora var. incisa (Pampanini) Y. Ling &
Y. R. Ling, Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 8(4): 42. 1988.
细裂叶白苞蒿 xi lie ye bai bao hao
Artemisia lactiflora f. incisa Pampanini, Nuovo Giorn.
Bot. Ital., n.s., 34: 675. 1927.
Middle stem leaf blades 2(or 3)-pinnatisect or -partite. Uppermost
leaf blades 1- or 2-pinnatipartite or -sect.
● Forest margins, canyons, grassy slopes, roadsides; below 1800
m. W Hubei, S Shaanxi, Sichuan.
131c. Artemisia lactiflora var. taibaishanensis X. D. Cui in K.
T. Fu & Z. Ying Zhang, Fl. Tsinling. 1(5): 421. 1985.
ANTHEMIDEAE
太白山白苞蒿 tai bai shan bai bao hao
Leaves ca. 31 × 15 cm, blade pinnatisect. Leaflike bracts
triangular.
● Slopes; 1200–1900 m. Gansu (Tianshui), Shaanxi (Meixian:
Taibai Shan).
132. Artemisia emeiensis Y. R. Ling, Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin
8(4): 42. 1988.
峨眉蒿 e mei hao
Artemisia anthriscifolia C. C. Chang, Sunyatsenia 6: 24.
1941, not Presl ex Steudel (1840), nom. subnud.
Herbs, perennial, 50–120 cm tall, glabrescent. Lowermost
and middle stem leaves: petiole 2–4 cm; leaf blade ovateoblong
or ovate, 7–15 × 5–10 cm. Lower leaves 3-pinnatisect;
middle leaves 2- or 3-pinnatisect; segments 4 or 5 pairs, ovateoblong
or oblong, 3–6 × 2–3 cm; lobules 2 or 3 pairs, lacerate;
rachis narrowly winged. Uppermost leaves and leaflike bracts
1- or 2-pinnatisect or -partite. Capitula in somewhat broad
panicles. Involucre ovoid, 1–1.5 mm in diam. Marginal female
florets 2–4. Disk florets 3–8, bisexual. Achene obovoid. Fl. and
fr. Aug–Nov.
● Forest margins, forest shrublands; 2500–2800 m. C Sichuan.
133. Artemisia flaccida Handel-Mazzetti, Acta Horti Gothob.
12: 278. 1938.
垂叶蒿 chui ye hao
Herbs, perennial, 30–75 cm tall, puberulent or glabrescent.
Lowermost and middle stem leaves shortly petiolate or ± sessile;
leaf blade ovate, ovate-elliptic, or elliptic, 3–4(–10) × 3–6
cm, abaxially densely gray pubescent, adaxially puberulent or
glabrescent, 2- or 3-pinnatisect; segments 3–5 pairs, ovateelliptic
or oblong; lobules elliptic-lanceolate, oblanceolate, or
linear-oblanceolate, occasionally falcate-lanceolate, 2–15 × 1–4
mm, margin entire or serrate; rachis narrowly winged. Uppermost
leaves and leaflike bracts 1- or 2-pinnatisect, very reduced
within racemes. Synflorescence a conical panicle, sometimes
very lax; branches to 3 cm (to 6 cm in cultivation). Capitula
rather few, somewhat clustered toward branch apex, mostly
subsessile. Involucre broadly ovoid or nearly hemispheric, 2.5–
3.5(–4) mm in diam. Marginal female florets 6–12. Disk florets
10–23, bisexual. Achenes oblong or ovoid-oblong. Fl. and fr.
Aug–Nov.
● Grasslands, hills, roadsides, forest margins, forests; low elevations
to 4100 m. W Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan.
1a. Middle stem leaf blades with 3 or
4(or 5) pairs of segments, lobules
entire or 1- or 2-toothed, apices
subacute ................................................. 133a. var. flaccida
1b. Middle stem leaf blades with
(4 or)5 pairs of segments, lobules
deeply serrate, apices acuminate ...... 133b. var. meiguensis
133a. Artemisia flaccida var. flaccida
垂叶蒿(原变种) chui ye hao (yuan bian zhong)
Segments of middle stem leaves 3 or 4(or 5) pairs; lobules