9. Tribe ANTHEMIDEAE

entire or 1- or 2-toothed, apices subacute. Synflorescence lax to
very lax.
● Grasslands, hills, roadsides; 1000–4100 m. W Guizhou, Sichuan,
Yunnan.
133b. Artemisia flaccida var. meiguensis Y. R. Ling, Bull.
Bot. Res., Harbin 8(3): 6. 1988.
齿裂垂叶蒿 chi lie chui ye hao
Segments of middle stem leaves (4 or)5 pairs, lobules
deeply serrate, apices acuminate. Synflorescence relatively
dense.
● Roadsides, forest margins, forests; low to middle elevations. C
and E Sichuan.
134. Artemisia anomala S. Moore, J. Bot. 13: 227. 1875.
奇蒿 qi hao
Herbs, perennial, 80–150 cm tall, puberulent or glabrescent.
Lower and middle stem leaves thickly papery; petiole 2–5
mm; leaf blade ovate, ovate-elliptic, ovate-lanceolate, ellipticlanceolate,
or lanceolate, 9–22 × 2.5–4(–5.5) cm, abaxially gray
tomentose or glabrescent, adaxially drying dark, glabrescent,
entire, rarely irregularly shallowly lobed or 3-cleft at apex. Uppermost
leaves and leaflike bracts sessile, elliptic or ellipticlanceolate.
Synflorescence a ± narrow panicle, sometimes with
extra panicles from upper nodes to form broad conical compound
panicle; branches to 4 cm, usually less. Capitula usually
very closely spaced, sessile. Involucre oblong or obovoid, 2–2.5
mm in diam.; phyllaries glabrous Marginal female florets 4–6.
Disk florets 6–8, bisexual. Achenes obovoid or obovoid-oblong.
Fl. and fr. Jun–Nov. 2n = 18*.
ANTHEMIDEAE
719
● Forest margins, roadsides, canyons, riverbanks, shrublands,
slopes; 200–1200 m. Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, S
Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, E Sichuan, Taiwan, Zhejiang.
1a. Leaf blades abaxially glabrescent ........ 134a. var. anomala
1b. Leaf blades abaxially gray or
yellowish tomentose ......................... 134b. var. tomentella
134a. Artemisia anomala var. anomala
奇蒿(原变种) qi hao (yuan bian zhong)
Leaf blades ovate, ovate-elliptic, or ovate-lanceolate, 9–
12(–15) cm, abaxially glabrescent.
● Forest margins, roadsides, canyons, riverbanks, shrublands,
slopes; 200–1200 m. Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, S
Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, E Sichuan, Taiwan.
Artemisia anomala var. anomala is used in anti-inflammatory
medicines.
Artemisia anomala “var. acuminatissima” (Y. R. Ling, Guihaia 12:
104. 1992; 渐尖奇蒿 jian jian qi hao) was described from Jiangxi and
Zhejiang, and also occurs in Anhui, growing on forest margins and
roadsides at low elevations. It is said to differ from var. anomala in
having leaf blades elliptic-lanceolate or lanceolate and 18-22 cm long.
However, the name was not validly published because no type was indicated
(Vienna Code, Art. 37).
134b. Artemisia anomala var. tomentella Handel-Mazzetti,
Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 13: 633. 1937.
密毛奇蒿 mi mao qi hao
Leaf blades ovate, ovate-elliptic, or ovate-lanceolate, 9–12
cm, abaxially gray or yellowish tomentose.
● N Guangdong, Guangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Zhejiang.
6. Artemisia sect. Dracunculus Besser, Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 8: 3, 8. 1835 [“Dracunculi”].
龙蒿组 long hao zu
Oligosporus Cassini, Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 1817: 33. 1817.
Shrubs, subshrubs, or herbs, perennial, annual, or biennial, puberulent or pubescent, often glabrescent, rarely tomentose, without
glandular or viscid hairs (sessile glands often present). Leaves 1- or 2-pinnatisect, less often subpalmately 5–7-partite or entire;
lobules 0.3–1.5(–2.5) mm wide, or pectinate, less than 1.5 × 1.5 mm. Capitula globose to ovoid. Phyllary margins scarious. Receptacle
glabrous. Marginal florets 2–20(–29); corolla tubular or narrowly conical, often slightly enlarged at base, 2- or 3-toothed. Disk
florets 3–20(–35), male; ovaries minute, rarely absent; style shorter than corolla, 2-cleft, lobes usually not divergent, apex clavate or
funnelform.
About 80 species: N Hemisphere, mainly in arid areas, a few species in N Africa, Central America, and N South America; 35 species (17
endemic) in China.
Many species contain aromatic compounds and some sesquiterpenoids and/or limited monoterpenoids.
1a. Leaves entire, linear, linear-lanceolate, elliptic-lanceolate, or lanceolate, occasionally some with 1(or 2)
lateral lobes or apex 3-cleft .................................................................................................................................. 135. A. dracunculus
1b. Leaves 1–3(or 4)-pinnatisect, lobules narrowly linear.
2a. Capitula (2.5–)3–6 mm in diam., or if 2.5–3 mm in diam. then plants shrubs or subshrubs, middle stem
leaf lobules stiff, 1.5–3 mm wide.
3a. Plants more than 60 cm tall; involucres (3–)4–6 mm in diam., if less than 4 mm then involucres
ovoid, lobules of middle stem leaves filiform or linear, 20–30 × 1.5–2.5 mm, or lobules falcate.
4a. Subshrubs, shortly capitate branched; lowermost and middle stem leaves less than 1 cm wide,
pinnatisect, segments 1 or 2 pairs; capitula in spicate-racemose or narrow panicles;
capitula 5–6 mm in diam. .............................................................................................................. 139. A. kangmarensis