9. Tribe ANTHEMIDEAE

146. Artemisia oxycephala Kitagawa, Rep. Exped. Manchoukuo
Sect. IV, 4: 93. 1936.
光沙蒿 guang sha hao
Artemisia pubescens Ledebour var. oxycephala (Kitagawa)
Kitagawa.
Subshrubs, 50–80 cm tall, with a thick rootstock. Lowermost
leaves long petiolate; middle stem leaves ± sessile; leaf
blade broadly ovate or suborbicular, 2–5 × 2–3 cm, puberulent
or glabrescent, 2-pinnatisect; segments 2 or 3 pairs; lateral lobes
3-sect; lobules linear, 15–20 × 1.5–2 mm. Uppermost leaves
and leaflike bracts 3–5-sect or entire. Synflorescence a lax, ±
broad panicle. Involucre oblong, 1.5–2.5(–3.5) mm in diam.
Marginal female florets 8–14. Disk florets 3–10, male. Achenes
oblong. Fl. and fr. Aug–Oct.
● Steppes, dry hills, dunes, saline-alkaline soils, lakeshores, forest
steppes; low elevations. N Hebei, W Heilongjiang, W Jilin, W Liaoning,
Nei Mongol, N Shanxi.
147. Artemisia campestris Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 846. 1753.
荒野蒿 huang ye hao
Oligosporus campestris (Linnaeus) Cassini.
Shrubs, 30–60[–150] cm tall, with a strong woody stock,
much branched, faintly aromatic, pubescent or glabrescent.
Lowermost leaves: petiole 3–5 cm; leaf blade broadly ovate or
ovate, (3–)4–5(–8) × 2.5–5 cm, 2(or 3)-pinnatisect; segments 4
or 5 pairs, 3–5-sect; lobules narrowly linear or narrowly linear-lanceolate,
4–10 × (0.5–)1–1.5[–2] mm, apex mucronulate.
Middle stem leaves sessile, 1- or 2-pinnatisect; segments 3 or 4
pairs. Uppermost leaves and leaflike bracts 3–5-sect or entire.
Synflorescence a lax, broad panicle. Involucre ovoid, 1.5–2.5
mm in diam. Marginal female florets 3–6[–20]. Disk florets 6–
10[–30], bisexual. Achene obovoid. Fl. and fr. Jul–Oct. 2n = 18,
36.
Steppes, waste areas, rocky slopes, dune margins; 300–3100 m. N
Gansu, Taiwan, Xinjiang [Japan, Russia; C Asia, Europe, North
America].
We have not seen material of Artemisia campestris var. glomerata
Pampanini (Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 34: 642. 1927), described as
an annual with ± filiform leaf segments.
148. Artemisia marschalliana Sprengel, Syst. Veg. 3: 496.
1826.
中亚旱蒿 zhong ya han hao
Subshrubs or small shrubs, 30–70(–80) cm tall, with a
thick rootstock, gray pubescent or sericeous-pubescent, persistent
or glabrescent. Lower stem leaves: petiole 3–6 cm; leaf
blade oblong-ovate or ovate, (3–)4–8(–10) × 2–5(–6) cm, 2(or
3)-pinnatisect; segments 4–6 pairs, 3–5-lobuled. Middle and upper
stem leaves petiolate; leaf blade 1- or 2-pinnatisect; segments
3 or 4(or 5) pairs; lobules linear or linear-lanceolate, 6–
15 × (0.5–)1–1.5 mm, apex mucronulate. Leaflike bracts 3–5sect
or entire. Synflorescence a broad to slender, erect or ascending,
conical panicle, sometimes with lateral branches to
form compound panicle; branches short, mostly less than 1 cm.
Capitula contiguous along ultimate branches, ± sessile, erect.
ANTHEMIDEAE
725
Involucre ovoid or broadly ovoid, 1.5–2.5(–3) mm in diam.
Marginal female florets 3–8. Disk florets 5–15, male. Achenes
ovoid. Fl. and fr. Jul–Oct.
Steppes, forest steppes, wastelands, rocky slopes, hills; 500–2200
m. N Xinjiang [Kazakhstan, Russia; Europe].
1a. Stem, branches, leaves, and phyllaries
gray pubescent, later glabrescent;
synflorescence an ascending,
slender conical panicle ............... 148a. var. marschalliana
1b. Stem, branches, leaves, and phyllaries
persistently sericeous-pubescent;
synflorescence a broad, compound
panicle ............................................. 148b. var. sericophylla
148a. Artemisia marschalliana var. marschalliana
中亚旱蒿(原变种) zhong ya han hao (yuan bian zhong)
Artemisia inodora M. Bieberstein, Fl. Taur.-Caucas. 2:
295. 1808, not Miller (1768), nor Willdenow (1809); A. campestris
Linnaeus var. gmeliniana Besser; A. campestris var.
marschalliana (Sprengel) Poljakov; A. campestris var. steveniana
Besser; A. tomentella Trautvetter var. subglabra Krascheninnikov;
Oligosporus marschallianus (Sprengel) Lessing.
Stems with few branches above base; vegetative parts and
phyllaries gray pubescent, later glabrescent. Synflorescence a
slender, ascending conical panicle.
Steppes, forest steppes, wastelands, rocky slopes, hills; 500–2200
m. N Xinjiang [Kazakhstan, Russia; Europe].
148b. Artemisia marschalliana var. sericophylla (Ruprecht)
Y. R. Ling, Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 8(4): 48. 1988.
绢毛旱蒿 juan mao han hao
Artemisia sericophylla Ruprecht, Beitr. Pflanzenk. Russ.
Reiches 2: 41. 1845; A. campestris var. sericophylla (Ruprecht)
Poljakov.
Stem, branches, leaves, and phyllaries persistently sericeous-pubescent.
Stems branching to form a broad compound
panicle.
Steppes, forest steppes, wastelands, rocky slopes, hills; 500–2200
m. N Xinjiang [Kazakhstan, Russia; Europe].
149. Artemisia saposhnikovii Krascheninnikov ex Poljakov,
Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 17:
412. 1955.
昆仑沙蒿 kun lun sha hao
Subshrubs, 30–40 cm tall, with a thick rootstock and capitate
branches. Lower and middle stem leaves: petiole 3–15 mm;
leaf blade ovate, 1–3 × 0.5–2.5 cm, yellowish pubescent or glabrescent,
1(or 2)-pinnatisect; segments 2 pairs, linear, straight
or falcate, 3–8(–15) × 0.5–1 mm, margin deeply serrate, apex
obtuse and mucronulate. Uppermost leaves and leaflike bracts
pinnatisect, 3-sect, or entire. Synflorescence a narrow panicle.
Capitula contiguous along ultimate branches, nodding. Involucre
oblong-ovoid or ellipsoid, 2–2.5 mm in diam. Marginal
female florets 4 or 5. Disk florets 4–6, male. Achenes oblong or
oblong-obovoid. Fl. and fr. Aug–Oct. 2n = 36.