9. Tribe ANTHEMIDEAE

724
140. Artemisia songarica Schrenk ex Fischer & C. A. Meyer,
Enum. Pl. Nov. 1: 49. 1841.
准噶尔沙蒿 zhun ga er sha hao
Oligosporus songaricus (Schrenk ex Fischer & C. A. Meyer)
Poljakov.
Shrubs, 30–80 cm tall, with a thick rootstock, branches
many, nearly horizontal, puberulent or glabrescent. Lower and
middle stem leaves sessile; leaf blade ovate-oblong, 2–4 × ca. 2
cm, 1- or 2-pinnatisect; segments 2 or 3 pairs, lateral and basal
lobes usually 3-sect; lobules linear, 5–10(–12) × 1.5–2 mm,
apex mucronulate. Uppermost leaves and leaflike bracts linear.
Synflorescence a lax, broad panicle. Capitula sessile or shortly
pedunculate, nodding. Involucre ovoid, 1.5–2 mm in diam.
Marginal female florets 4 or 5. Disk florets 6–10, male. Achenes
ovoid. Fl. and fr. Jun–Oct. 2n = 18.
Dunes of desert areas, rocky slopes; low to middle elevations. N
Xinjiang [Kazakhstan].
141. Artemisia ordosica Krascheninnikov, Bot. Mater. Gerb.
Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 9: 173. 1946.
黑沙蒿 hei sha hao
Artemisia ordosica var. furva H. C. Fu; A. ordosica var.
montana H. C. Fu; A. salsoloides Willdenow var. mongolica
Pampanini, p.p.
Shrubs, 50–100 cm tall, with a strong woody stock, much
branched, purple or later brown. Lowermost leaf blades 3–5(–7)
× 2–4 cm, 1- or 2-pinnatisect, basal lobes 2- or 3-lobuled.
Middle stem leaves ± sessile; leaf blade pinnatisect; segments 3
or 4 pairs, linear, 15–30 × 0.5–1 mm, straight or falcate. Uppermost
leaves and leaflike bracts 3- or 5-sect or entire. Synflorescence
a broad panicle, nodding or oblique. Involucre ovoid,
1.5–2.5 mm in diam. Marginal female florets 10–14. Disk florets
5–7, male. Achenes obovoid. Fl. and fr. Jul–Oct. 2n = 36*.
● Dunes, desert areas, dry slopes, desert steppes; low elevations to
1500 m. N Hebei, Nei Mongol, N Shanxi; cultivated in C and W Gansu,
Ningxia, N Shaanxi, and Xinjiang.
Artemisia ordosica is used for windbreaks and sand stabilization.
It is also used for making anti-inflammatory drugs.
142. Artemisia prattii (Pampanini) Y. Ling & Y. R. Ling, Acta
Phytotax. Sin. 18: 511. 1980.
藏岩蒿 zang yan hao
Artemisia salsoloides Willdenow var. prattii Pampanini,
Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 34: 698. 1927; A. salsoloides f.
halodendron Pampanini; A. salsoloides f. paniculata (J. D.
Hooker) Pampanini; A. salsoloides var. paniculata J. D.
Hooker.
Subshrubs, 30–60 cm tall, branching from below middle,
branches ascending, most parts adpressed pubescent, hairs
medifixed, ± rapidly glabrescent. Lowermost leaves shortly
petiolate. Middle stem leaves sessile; leaf blade oblong or suborbicular,
2–3 × 2–2.5 cm, pinnatisect [to palmatisect]; segments
2 or 3 pairs, linear, occasionally forked, 8–12 × 1–1.5
mm. Uppermost leaves 3- or 5-lobed; leaflike bracts linear.
ANTHEMIDEAE
Synflorescence a lax conical panicle, to 40 cm; branches elongated.
Capitula solitary or in groups of 2 or 3, nodding, secund,
sometimes peduncle longer than involucre, bracteolate. Involucre
globose, ovoid, or broadly ovoid, 2.5–3 mm in diam.;
phyllaries glabrous. Marginal female florets 5–8. Disk florets
6–15, male. Achenes obovoid or ovoid-ellipsoid. Fl. and fr. Jul–
Sep.
● Dry hills, subalpine semidesert steppes; 2500–3600 m. SE Qinghai,
W Sichuan, E Xizang.
143. Artemisia klementzae Krascheninnikov, Mater. Istorii Fl.
Rastitel’n. S.S.S.R. 2: 163. 1946.
蒙古沙地蒿 meng gu sha di hao
Artemisia xylorhiza Krascheninnikov ex Filatova.
Shrubs, 30–60 cm tall, with a thick rootstock, much
branched. Lower and middle stem leaves: petiole 2–3(–4.5) cm;
leaf blade broadly ovate or suborbicular, 2–3 × 2–3 cm, 1- or 2pinnatisect;
segments 2(or 3) pairs, lateral middle lobes 3lobed;
lobes or lobules linear, 10–15 × 0.5–1 mm. Uppermost
leaves and leaflike bracts 3- or 5-lobed or entire. Synflorescence
a broad panicle. Capitula nodding. Involucre subglobose,
2–2.5 mm in diam. Marginal female florets 3–5. Disk florets 5–
10, male. Achenes obovoid. Fl. and fr. Jul–Oct.
Dunes of desert and semidesert areas, steppes; below 1500 m. E
and SE Nei Mongol [Mongolia].
144. Artemisia globosoides Y. Ling & Y. R. Ling, Bull. Bot.
Res., Harbin 5(2): 7. 1985.
假球蒿 jia qiu hao
Subshrubs, 30–35 cm tall, with a thick rootstock. Lower
and middle stem leaves: petiole 1–1.5 cm; leaf blade suborbicular,
oblong, or ovate, 0.5–0.8 × 0.5–0.8 cm, pubescent or
glabrescent, 2-pinnatisect; segments 2 pairs, 2- or 3-sect; lobules
linear or narrowly lanceolate, 2–3 × ca. 1 mm, apex mucronulate.
Upper leaves and leaflike bracts 3- or 5-sect. Synflorescence
a ± narrow panicle. Capitula nodding. Involucre ovoid,
1–1.5 mm in diam. Marginal female florets 2–4. Disk florets 3–
5, male. Achenes obovoid. Fl. and fr. Aug–Oct.
● Sand dunes, dune margins, waste areas. Nei Mongol, Ningxia.
145. Artemisia xanthochroa Krascheninnikov, Bot. Mater.
Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 9: 174. 1946.
黄绿蒿 huang lü hao
Oligosporus xanthochrous (Krascheninnikov) Poljakov.
Subshrubs, 20–60 cm tall, pubescent or glabrescent.
Lower and middle stem leaves: petiole 5–15 mm; leaf blade
ovate, 1.5–2 × 1.5–2 cm, pinnatisect; segments of lower leaves
2 or 3 pairs, segments of middle leaves 1 or 2 pairs, linear or
linear-lanceolate, 5–10 × 1.5–2.5 mm. Capitula in narrow or
somewhat broad panicles. Involucre ovoid, 2–2.5 mm in diam.
Marginal female florets 3–6. Disk florets 3–7, bisexual. Achene
ovoid. Fl. and fr. Aug–Oct.
Dry slopes, steppes, Gobi Desert. N Nei Mongol [Mongolia].