9. Tribe ANTHEMIDEAE

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● Seashore dunes; near sea level. E Shandong.
174c. Artemisia eriopoda var. rotundifolia (Debeaux) Y. R.
Ling, Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 8(4): 56. 1988.
圆叶南牡蒿 yuan ye nan mu hao
Artemisia japonica var. rotundifolia Debeaux, Actes Soc.
Linn. Bordeaux 31: 220. 1877; A. japonica subf. elata Pampanini;
A. japonica f. rotundifolia (Debeaux) Franchet; A. rotundifolia
(Debeaux) Krascheninnikov.
Stem 50–80 cm tall. Leaves papery, basal leaves suborbicular
or obovate-attenuate, entire, cleft, or partite apically. Synflorescence
a broad, much-branched panicle.
● Waste areas, roadsides, slopes. Hebei, N Jiangsu, Shandong.
174d. Artemisia eriopoda var. gansuensis Y. Ling & Y. R.
Ling, Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 8(3): 7. 1988.
甘肃南牡蒿 gan su nan mu hao
Stem 30–40 cm tall. Leaves papery; basal and middle
leaves pinnatisect, distal lobes not larger than other lobes; lobes
of basal leaves irregularly serrate or entire; those of middle
leaves 2- or 3-cleft. Synflorescence a somewhat broad panicle.
● Roadsides, waste areas, slopes; low elevations to 2100 m. S and
SW Gansu.
174e. Artemisia eriopoda var. shanxiensis Y. R. Ling, Bull.
Bot. Res., Harbin 8(3): 7. 1988.
山西南牡蒿 shan xi nan mu hao
Stem 30–40 cm tall. Leaves papery; lower leaves pinnatisect,
irregularly cleft, serrate, or entire. Middle stem leaves 1-
or 2-pinnatisect, distal lobes not larger than other lobes, lobules
linear or narrowly linear-lanceolate, 15–30 × 1–1.5 mm. Synflorescence
a narrow panicle.
● Mountains. C Shanxi.
175. Artemisia angustissima Nakai, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 29: 8.
1915.
狭叶牡蒿 xia ye mu hao
Artemisia japonica Thunberg subf. angustissima (Nakai)
Pampanini; A. japonica var. angustissima (Nakai) Kitamura.
Herbs, perennial, 20–60 cm tall, stems few, slender and
erect, branching from upper nodes, sparsely arachnoid pilose, ±
glabrescent. Lower and middle stem leaves ± sessile; leaf blade
ovate or suborbicular in outline, 1.5–2.2 × 1.5–2.2 cm, (1 or)2pinnatisect;
segments 2(or 3) pairs, 5–10 × 3–5 mm, partite or
few serrate. Middle stem leaves pinnatisect; lobes linear or narrowly
linear-lanceolate, 5–8(–10) × 0.8–3 mm, entire or few
serrate. Uppermost leaves and leaflike bracts 3-sect or entire.
Synflorescence a narrow panicle. Capitula shortly pedunculate
or sessile, nodding. Involucre ovoid or subglobose, 1–1.5 mm
in diam. Marginal female florets 2 or 3. Disk florets 2–5, male.
Achenes obovoid. Fl. and fr. Aug–Oct.
Slopes, roadsides; low elevations to 500 m. S Gansu, Hebei, SE
Heilongjiang, Henan, Jiangsu, Jilin, Liaoning, S Shaanxi, Shandong,
Shanxi [Korea].
ANTHEMIDEAE
176. Artemisia littoricola Kitamura, Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 5:
94. 1936.
滨海牡蒿 bin hai mu hao
Artemisia japonica Thunberg subsp. littoricola (Kitamura)
Kitamura; A. japonica f. resedifolia Takeda; A. japonica f.
sachalinensis Pampanini; Oligosporus littoricola (Kitamura)
Poljakov.
Herbs, perennial, 30–100 cm tall, gray pubescent or glabrescent.
Basal leaves forming a rosette; those of sterile shoots
obovate, 5–10 × 3–5 cm, palmately to pinnately lobed. Lowest
stem leaves ± sessile; leaf blade broadly ovate, suborbicular, or
obovate, 3–5 × 3–5 cm, gray arachnoid pubescent, later glabrescent,
deeply palmately lobed or 1(or 2)-pinnatipartite to -sect;
segments 2(or 3) pairs, linear, 1.5–4 mm wide, base attenuate.
Middle stem leaves oblong-attenuate or elliptic-spatulate, 5.5–8
× 4–6 cm, 1- or 2-pinnati- or subpalmatipartite or 3-partite;
segments 1 or 2 pairs, serrate or cleft, base attenuate. Uppermost
leaves and leaflike bracts elliptic-lanceolate or linearlanceolate.
Synflorescence a broad, conical panicle. Capitula
shortly pedunculate. Involucre subglobose or broadly ovoid, 2–
2.5(–3) mm in diam. Marginal female florets 4–8(–12); corolla
1–1.5 mm. Disk florets bisexual 5–7; corolla 2–2.5 mm, glabrous.
Achenes ellipsoid-ovoid. Fl. and fr. Aug–Oct. 2n = 36.
Riverbanks, saline-alkaline soils, in marsh grass. W Heilongjiang,
E Nei Mongol [Japan, Korea, E Russia].
177. Artemisia manshurica (Komarov) Komarov in Komarov
& Alissova-Klobukova, Key Pl. Far East. Reg. USSR 2: 1053.
1932.
东北牡蒿 dong bei mu hao
Artemisia japonica Thunberg var. manshurica Komarov,
Fl. Manshur. 3: 625. 1907.
Herbs, perennial, 40–80(–100) cm tall, puberulent or glabrescent.
Leaves on sterile branches spatulate or attenuate, 3–7
× 0.5–1.5 cm, apex obtuse, few cleft, or serrate. Lower leaves
on fertile stems sessile; leaf blade obovate or obovate-spatulate,
5-partite, or serrate. Middle stem leaves sessile; leaf blade obovate
or obovate-elliptic, 2.5–3.5 × 2–3 cm, pubescent or glabrescent,
1(or 2)-pinnati- or subpalmatisect or -partite; segments
1 or 2 pairs, narrowly spatulate or oblanceolate, 10–20 ×
2–3 mm, 3-cleft or not. Uppermost leaves broadly attenuate or
elliptic-obovate; leaflike bracts lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate.
Synflorescence a narrow panicle. Capitula shortly pedunculate.
Involucre subglobose or broadly ovoid, 1.5–2 mm in diam.
Marginal female florets 4–8. Disk florets 6–10, male. Achenes
obovoid or ovoid. Fl. and fr. Aug–Oct. 2n = 36*.
● Slopes, forest margins, steppes, forest steppes, shrublands, roadsides,
canyons; low elevations. N Hebei, S Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning,
Nei Mongol.
178. Artemisia japonica Thunberg, Nova Acta Regiae Soc.
Sci. Upsal. 3: 209. 1780.
牡蒿 mu hao
Herbs, perennial, 50–130 cm tall; rootstock 1.5–2.5 cm
thick, woody, upper parts puberulent or glabrescent, strongly
aromatic. Sterile stems 5–30 cm, leaves clustered at apex; leaf