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permost leaves and leaflike bracts 3- or 5-lobed. Synflorescence
a racemelike panicle. Involucre hemispheric, 3(–4) mm in diam.
Marginal female florets 10–15. Disk florets 11–18, male; corolla
limb purple. Achenes obovoid. Fl. and fr. Jul–Nov. 2n = 18*.
● Grasslands, high mountaintops; 2500–3800 m. Taiwan.
166. Artemisia scoparia Waldstein & Kitaibel, Descr. Icon. Pl.
Hung. 1: 66. 1802.
猪毛蒿 zhu mao hao
Artemisia capillaris Thunberg subf. angustisecta Pampanini;
A. capillaris f. elegans (Roxburgh) Pampanini; A. capillaris
f. kohatica (Klatt) Pampanini; A. capillaris f. myriocephala
Pampanini; A. capillaris var. scoparia (Waldstein &
Kitaibel) Pampanini; A. capillaris subf. tenuifolia Pampanini;
A. capillaris f. villosa Pampanini; A. capillaris f. williamsonii
Pampanini; A. elegans Roxburgh; A. kohatica Klatt; A. scoparia
var. heteromorpha Kitagawa; A. scoparia f. sericea Komarov;
A. scopariiformis Popov; Oligosporus scoparius (Waldstein &
Kitaibel) Poljakov.
Herbs, perennial, biennial, or annual, 40–90(–130) cm tall,
much branched from lower on stem; branches and leaves gray
or yellowish sericeous-pubescent, later glabrescent, strongly
aromatic. Lower stem leaves: petiole 2–4 cm; leaf blade ovateoblong
or elliptic, 1.5–3.5 × 1–3 cm, 2- or 3-pinnatisect; segments
3 or 4 pairs; lobules 1 or 2 pairs, 3–5 × 0.2–1 mm. Middle
stem leaves sessile; leaf blade oblong or ovate-oblong, 1–2
× 0.5–1.5 cm, 1- or 2-pinnatisect; segments 2 or 3 pairs; lobules
filiform, usually curved, 4–8 × 0.2–0.3(–0.5) mm. Uppermost
leaves and leaflike bracts 3–5-sect. Synflorescence a broad
panicle. Capitula many, shortly pedunculate or sessile. Involucre
subglobose, rarely ovoid, 1–1.5(–2) mm in diam. Marginal
female florets 5–7. Disk florets 4–10, male. Achenes obovoid
or oblong. Fl. and fr. Jul–Oct. 2n = 16, 18, 36.
Slopes, forest margins, roadsides, steppes, terraces, desert margins,
dry riverbeds; low elevations to 3200 m. Anhui, Fujian, Gansu,
Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei,
Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Qinghai,
Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Xinjiang, Xizang, Yunnan, Zhejiang
[Afghanistan, India, Japan, Korea, Pakistan, Russia, Thailand; C
and SW Asia, Europe].
Artemisia scoparia is well known as an ingredient of diuretic and
detoxifying medicines.
167. Artemisia stricta Edgeworth, Trans. Linn. Soc. London
20: 73. 1846.
直茎蒿 zhi jing hao
Herbs, annual or biennial, 10–40(–90) cm tall; branches
ascending or diffuse, gray pubescent or glabrescent. Lowermost
leaves: petiole 2–2.8 cm; leaf blade ovate or ovate-oblong,
(1–)1.5–2.5(–3) × 1–2(–2.5) cm, 2- or 3-pinnatisect; middle
stem leaves: petiole 0.5–1(–2) cm; leaf blade 1–2 × 0.5–0.8 cm,
2-pinnatisect; segments (3 or)4 pairs, 10–15 × 4–8 mm, 3-lobuled;
lobules narrowly linear or narrowly linear-lanceolate, 2–
3(–5) × (0.5–)1–1.5 mm. Uppermost leaves and leaflike bracts
1- or 2-pinnatisect, sessile. Synflorescence a very narrowly conical
panicle, usually erect but sometimes with more spreading
ANTHEMIDEAE
lateral panicles from lower nodes; branches up to 4 cm, erect or
ascending, little branched; capitula remote or congested toward
apices, mostly shorter than subtending bract. Capitula erect, subsessile
or shortly pedunculate. Involucre subglobose or ovoid,
1.5–2.5 mm in diam.; outermost phyllaries glabrescent, margin
narrowly hyaline-scarious, apex acute. Florets 20–25, yellow.
Marginal female florets 10–20, with narrowly urceolate-tubular,
2-toothed corolla. Disk florets 3–5, functionally male. Achene
brown, oblong to obovoid, 0.6–0.8 mm. Fl. and fr. Jul–Sep.
Dry slopes, roadsides, forest margins, valleys, waste areas, shrublands;
2200–4700 m. C Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan, S Xinjiang, Xizang,
Yunnan [Bhutan, N India, Nepal].
1a. Stem 20–40(–90) cm tall, erect; branches
not diffuse ................................................. 167a. var. stricta
1b. Stem 10–20 cm tall, spreading; lower
branches diffuse ....................................... 167b. var. diffusa
167a. Artemisia stricta var. stricta
直茎蒿(原变种) zhi jing hao (yuan bian zhong)
Artemisia edgeworthii Balakrishnan, nom. illeg. superfl.
Stem 20–40(–90) cm tall, erect; branches not diffuse.
Dry slopes, roadsides, forest margins, valleys, waste areas, shrublands;
2200–4700 m. C Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan, S Xinjiang, Xizang,
Yunnan [Bhutan, N India, Nepal].
“Artemisia stricta B. Heyne” (Candolle, Prodr. 5: 374. 1836) was
merely cited as a synonym of Cyathocline stricta Candolle and was
therefore not validly published (Vienna Code, Art. 34.1(c)).
167b. Artemisia stricta var. diffusa (Pampanini) Y. R. Ling &
M. G. Gilbert, comb. in stat. nov.
披散直茎蒿 pi san zhi jing hao
Basionym: Artemisia stricta f. diffusa Pampanini, Nuovo
Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 34: 705. 1927; A. edgeworthii var. diffusa
(Pampanini) Y. Ling & Y. R. Ling.
Stem 10–20 cm tall; lower branches diffuse and prostrate.
W Sichuan, E Xizang, W Yunnan [N India, Nepal].
168. Artemisia pewzowii C. Winkler, Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk.
Bot. Sada 13: 3. 1893.
纤梗蒿 xian geng hao
Herbs, annual, biennial, or perennial, (15–)40–50 cm tall,
branching from most nodes, branches ascending, gray pubescent
or glabrescent. Lower stem leaves: petiole 1.5–3.5 cm; leaf
blade ovate, 2–3 × 1–1.5 cm, pubescent, 2-pinnatisect; segments
2 or 3 pairs, 3-lobuled; lobules linear-lanceolate to elliptic-lanceolate,
3–5 × 0.5–1 mm. Middle stem leaves sessile;
leaf blade 1- or 2-pinnatisect; segments (1 or)2 or 3 pairs, 3–5lobuled;
lobules filiform, 5–10 × 0.3–0.5 mm. Uppermost
leaves and leaflike bracts 3–5-sect. Synflorescence a narrow
panicle; branches from all but lowest node, ascending; ultimate
branches to ca. 1 cm, erect. Capitula almost contiguous; peduncle
to 3 mm. Involucre ovoid, 1–1.5 mm in diam.; phyllaries
glabrous. Marginal female florets ca. 15. Disk florets 3–8, male.
Achenes small. Fl. and fr. Aug–Nov.