9. Tribe ANTHEMIDEAE

lade spatulate, 3.5–8 × 1–3 cm, pinnately lobed, toothed, apex
rounded. Basal and lower stem leaves ± sessile; leaf blade oblong-obovate
to broadly spatulate or flabellate, (3–)4–6(–8) ×
(1–)2–2.5(–3) cm, puberulent or glabrescent, obliquely pinnatipartite
or -cleft from apex to center, few serrate apically. Middle
stem leaves: leaf blade spatulate, cuneate, or narrowly spatulate,
2.5–3.5(–4.5) × 0.5–1(–2) cm, obliquely partite or cleft and few
serrate at apex or lobes linear. Uppermost leaves 3-cleft or
entire; leaflike bracts elliptic, lanceolate, or linear-lanceolate.
Synflorescence a ± narrow panicle, 15–20 × 3–15(–20) cm
panicle; branches almost horizontal or obliquely patent, 3–20
cm. Capitula many, nodding, shortly to long pedunculate. Involucre
ovoid or subglobose, 1.5–2.5 mm in diam.; phyllaries glabrous,
outermost ovate, very narrowly white scarious on margin,
apex acute. Florets 12–15(–20), yellow. Marginal female
florets 3–8(–11); corolla narrow, 2-toothed. Disk florets 5–10,
male. Achenes dark brown, 0.8–1 mm, obovoid. Fl. and fr.
Jul–Nov. 2n = 18, 36, 37.
Forest margins, waste areas, shrublands, hills, slopes, roadsides;
low elevations to 3300 m. Anhui, Fujian, S Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi,
Guizhou, Hainan, S Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Hunan,
Jiangsu, Jiangxi, E and S Liaoning, S Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan,
Taiwan, E Xizang, Yunnan, Zhejiang [Afghanistan, Bhutan, N
India, Japan, Korea, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, E
Russia, Thailand, Vietnam].
1a. Middle stem leaf blades spatulate,
apex truncate or obtuse, margin few
serrate or obliquely cleft from middle
to apex, lobes various but not linear .... 178a. var. japonica
1b. Middle stem leaf blades narrowly
spatulate, margin not serrate toward
apex, obliquely 3–5-partite or -sect,
lobes linear ...................................... 178b. var. hainanensis
178a. Artemisia japonica var. japonica
牡蒿(原变种) mu hao (yuan bian zhong)
Artemisia cuneifolia Candolle; A. glabrata Wallich ex
Besser; A. japonica subf. intermedia Pampanini; A. japonica
var. lanata Pampanini; A. japonica f. laxiflora Nakai; A. japonica
subf. laxiflora (Nakai) Pampanini; A. japonica var. macrocephala
Pampanini; A. japonica var. microcephala Pampanini;
A. japonica var. myriocephala Pampanini; A. japonica f. silvestrii
Pampanini; A. japonica subf. spatulata Pampanini; A.
japonica f. vestita Pampanini; A. morrisonensis Hayata var.
minima Pampanini; A. subintegra Kitamura; Chrysanthemum
japonicum Thunberg; Oligosporus japonicus (Thunberg)
Poljakov.
Middle stem leaves spatulate, entire, obtuse or truncate,
few serrate at apex or obliquely cleft from apex to center; lobes
oblong or elliptic, not narrowly linear.
Forest margins, waste areas, shrublands, hills, slopes, roadsides;
low elevations to 3300 m. Anhui, Fujian, S Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi,
Guizhou, S Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu,
Jiangxi, E and S Liaoning, S Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Taiwan,
E Xizang, Yunnan, Zhejiang [Afghanistan, Bhutan, N India,
Japan, Korea, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, E Russia, Thailand,
Vietnam].
Artemisia japonica is used in the preparation of antitoxic and antifebrile
medicines.
ANTHEMIDEAE
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178b. Artemisia japonica var. hainanensis Y. R. Ling, Bull.
Bot. Res., Harbin 8(4): 58. 1988.
海南牡蒿 hai nan mu hao
Middle stem leaves narrowly spatulate, obliquely 3–5-partite
or -sect; lobes linear, rarely 3-serrate.
● Roadsides, waste areas. Guangxi, Hainan.
179. Artemisia parviflora Buchanan-Hamilton ex D. Don,
Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 181. 1825.
西南牡蒿 xi nan mu hao
Artemisia japonica Thunberg var. parviflora (Buchanan-
Hamilton ex D. Don) Pampanini; A. japonica subf. tongtchouanensis
(H. Léveillé) Pampanini; A. tongtchouanensis H.
Léveillé; Oligosporus parviflorus (Buchanan-Hamilton ex D.
Don) Poljakov.
Herbs, perennial, or subshrubs, 40–80 cm tall, yellow or
brown pubescent, sometimes glabrescent. Lower stem leaves:
petiole 2–3 cm; leaf blade ovate or elliptic-ovate, 2–3 × 1.5–2
cm, 2-pinnatipartite or -sect; segments 2 or 3 pairs, elliptic or
subspatulate, 15–25 × 5–10 mm, 2- or 3-partite; lobules lanceolate,
or deeply serrate. Middle stem leaves ± sessile; leaf
blade obovate-spatulate, flabellate, or cuneate, 2–3 × 0.5–1
cm, obliquely 3–5-partite or -sect; lobes linear, linear-lanceolate,
or linear-oblanceolate, 5–10 × 1–2 mm, apex acuminate.
Uppermost leaves 3-partite or entire; leaflike bracts linear or
linear-lanceolate. Synflorescence a ± narrow panicle. Capitula
many. Involucre ovoid or subglobose, 1–2 mm in diam. Marginal
female florets 2–4. Disk florets 4–10, male. Achenes oblong.
Fl. and fr. Aug–Oct. 2n = 18, 36.
Grasslands, slopes, forest margins, roadsides, ravines, field margins;
400–4000 m. S Gansu, Guizhou, Henan, W Hubei, S Qinghai, S
Shaanxi, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan [Afghanistan, Bhutan, India, Myanmar,
Nepal, Sri Lanka].
180. Artemisia hancei (Pampanini) Y. Ling & Y. R. Ling, Bull.
Bot. Res., Harbin 2(2): 39. 1982.
雷琼牡蒿 lei qiong mu hao
Artemisia hallaisanensis Nakai var. hancei Pampanini,
Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 34: 659. 1927.
Subshrubs, 30–50 cm tall, pubescent or glabrescent. Lower
and middle stem leaves: petiole 1–2 cm; leaf blade ovate, obovate,
obovate-spatulate, or spatulate, 1–1.5 × 0.7–1.2 cm, gray
or yellowish and sericeous-pubescent, later sparsely pubescent
or glabrescent, 1- or 2-pinnatipartite or -sect; segments 2 pairs,
narrowly spatulate, oblanceolate, or falcate, 4–5 × 3–4 mm,
apex usually 2- or 3-parted, rarely lobes of middle cauline
leaves lanceolate or linear. Uppermost leaves and leaflike bracts
1(or 2)-pinnatisect; lobes narrowly linear or narrowly lanceolate,
apex acute. Synflorescence a ± broad panicle. Capitula
many. Involucre subglobose, 1.5–2 mm in diam. Marginal female
florets 3–5. Disk florets 8–15, male. Achenes obovoid or
oblong. Fl. and fr. Sep–Nov.
Seashore dunes; sea level to near sea level. S Guangdong, W Hainan
[Vietnam].