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florescence a narrow or broad panicle. Capitula many, erect,
oblique, or nodding. Involucre subglobose or ovoid, 1.5–3 mm
in diam. Marginal female florets 8–15. Disk florets 10–15, male.
Achenes oblong or oblong-ovoid. Fl. and fr. Aug–Oct.
Steppes, forest steppes, meadows, forest margins, hills, waste
areas, rocky slopes, roadsides, stable dunes of desert margins; low to
middle elevations. Gansu, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol,
Qinghai, N Shaanxi, N Shanxi, NW Sichuan, Xinjiang [Mongolia, Russia].
Three varieties are recognized in China; Russian authors recognize
three further varieties from outside of China.
1a. Involucre broadly ovoid, 2.5–3 mm
in diam.; capitula erect or oblique,
in narrow panicles ............................. 158b. var. gebleriana
1b. Involucre subglobose or ovoid, 1.5–2
mm in diam.; capitula in broad or
somewhat broad panicles.
2a. Herbs; leaf blades abaxially
persistently puberulent ............... 158a. var. pubescens
2b. Subshrubs; leaf blades abaxially
glabrescent ................................... 158c. var. coracina
158a. Artemisia pubescens var. pubescens
柔毛蒿(原变种) rou mao hao (yuan bian zhong)
Artemisia campestris Linnaeus var. pubescens (Ledebour)
Trautvetter; A. capillaris Thunberg var. simplex Maximowicz;
A. commutata Besser; A. commutata var. helmiana Besser; A.
commutata var. pallasiana Besser; A. commutata var. pubescens
(Ledebour) Poljakov; A. desertorum Sprengel f. helmiana
(Besser) Pampanini; A. desertorum var. pallasiana (Besser)
Pampanini; Oligosporus adfinis Lessing; O. commutatus (Besser)
Poljakov.
Herbs, perennial. Leaves persistently pubescent. Synflorescence
a moderately broad panicle. Capitula oblique or nodding.
Involucre subglobose or ovoid, 1.5–2 mm in diam.
● Steppes, forest steppes, meadows, forest margins, hills, waste
areas, rocky slopes, roadsides; low to middle elevations. Gansu, Heilongjiang,
Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Qinghai, N Shaanxi, N Shanxi,
NW Sichuan, Xinjiang.
158b. Artemisia pubescens var. gebleriana (Besser) Y. R.
Ling, Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 8(4): 51. 1988.
大头柔毛蒿 da tou rou mao hao
Artemisia commutata var. gebleriana Besser, Bull. Soc.
Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 8: 72. 1835; A. desertorum f. gebleriana
(Besser) Pampanini.
Herbs, perennial. Leaves glabrescent. Synflorescence a
narrow panicle. Capitula erect or oblique. Involucre broadly
ovoid, 2.5–3 mm in diam.
Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol [Mongolia, Russia].
158c. Artemisia pubescens var. coracina (W. Wang) Y. Ling &
Y. R. Ling, Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 8(4): 51. 1988.
黑柔毛蒿 hei rou mao hao
ANTHEMIDEAE
Artemisia coracina W. Wang, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 17(4):
89. 1979.
Subshrubs. Leaves glabrescent. Synflorescence a broad
panicle. Capitula oblique or nodding Involucre subglobose or
ovoid, 1.5–2 mm in diam.
● Stable dunes of desert margins. W Jilin.
159. Artemisia gansuensis Y. Ling & Y. R. Ling, Bull. Bot.
Res., Harbin 5(2): 9. 1985.
甘肃蒿 gan su hao
Subshrubs, 18–30(–40) cm tall, with a thick rootstock, gray
puberulent or glabrescent. Lowermost leaves shortly petiolate;
leaf blade broadly ovate or suborbicular, 2–3(–3.5) × 2–3 cm,
2-pinnatisect; segments (2 or)3(or 4) pairs, 3-sect. Middle stem
leaves ± sessile; leaf blade 1.5–2.5 × 1.5–2.5 cm; lobules linear,
5–8 × 0.5–1 mm, apex mucronulate. Uppermost leaves and leaflike
bracts 3- or 5-lobed. Synflorescence a conical panicle, lower
branches to 4 cm, very slender, often also on well-developed
spreading lateral branches forming large, lax panicle. Capitula
peduncle 0–5 mm. Involucre ovoid-campanulate or narrowly
ovoid, 1–2 mm wide. Marginal female florets 3–6. Disk florets
4–8, male. Achenes obovoid. Fl. and fr. Aug–Oct.
● Dry slopes, roadsides, Gobi Desert margins. Gansu, N Hebei,
Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, N Shanxi.
1a. Involucre 1.5–2 mm in diam.; peduncles
0–2 mm ............................................. 159a. var. gansuensis
1b. Involucre ca. 1(–1.5) mm in diam.;
peduncles 3–5 mm .............................. 159b. var. oligantha
159a. Artemisia gansuensis var. gansuensis
甘肃蒿(原变种) gan su hao (yuan bian zhong)
Capitula: peduncle 0–2 mm. Involucre 1.5–2 mm in diam.
● Dry slopes, roadsides. Gansu, N Hebei, Nei Mongol, Ningxia,
Qinghai, Shaanxi, N Shanxi.
159b. Artemisia gansuensis var. oligantha Y. Ling & Y. R.
Ling, Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 5(2): 10. 1985.
小甘肃蒿 xiao gan su hao
Capitula: peduncle 3–5 mm. Involucre 1(–1.5) mm in
diam.
● Gobi Desert margins. S Nei Mongol.
160. Artemisia demissa Krascheninnikov, Trudy Bot. Inst.
Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R., Ser. 1, Fl. Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 3: 348.
1937.
纤杆蒿 xian gan hao
Oligosporus demissus (Krascheninnikov) Poljakov.
Herbs, annual or biennial, 5–20 cm, much branched; lower
branches procumbent, yellowish pubescent or glabrescent.
Lower stem leaves: petiole 0.5–1 cm; leaf blade oblong or
ovate, 1–1.5 × 0.8–1.3 cm, 2-pinnatisect; segments 2 or 3;
lobules narrowly linear-lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, 3–5 ×
ca. 1 mm, apex mucronulate. Middle and upper stem leaves