9. Tribe ANTHEMIDEAE

volucre hemispheric or subglobose, 3–4 mm in diam. Marginal
female florets 18–21. Disk florets 15–19, male. Achenes obovoid.
Fl. Aug–Oct.
● Slopes, grasslands, forest margins; ca. 3800 m. S and W Sichuan,
E Xizang.
1a. Stem 20–60 cm tall; middle stem leaves
4–5 cm, lobes 2–2.5 mm wide ............ 184a. var. tridactyla
1b. Stem 7–10 cm tall; middle stem leaves
2–4 cm, lobes 1–2 mm wide .................. 184b. var. minima
184a. Artemisia tridactyla var. tridactyla
指裂蒿(原变种) zhi lie hao (yuan bian zhong)
Stem 20–60 cm tall. Middle stem leaves 4–5 cm; lobes 2–
2.5 mm wide.
● Slopes, grasslands, forest margins; ca. 3800 m. S Sichuan, E
Xizang.
184b. Artemisia tridactyla var. minima Y. R. Ling, Bull. Bot.
Res., Harbin 8(3): 7. 1988.
小指裂蒿 xiao zhi lie hao
Stem 7–10 cm tall. Middle stem leaves 2–4 cm; lobes 1–2
mm wide.
● W Sichuan.
185. Artemisia giraldii Pampanini, Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital.,
n.s., 34: 657. 1927.
华北米蒿 hua bei mi hao
Subshrubs, 50–80(–120) cm tall, puberulent or glabrescent;
branches 8–14 cm, obliquely ascending. Lowermost
leaves ± sessile; leaf blade ovate or ovate-oblong, deeply 3(–5)lobed
or entire; lobes linear-lanceolate or -oblanceolate. Middle
stem leaves: leaf blade elliptic, 2–3 × 0.8–1.5 cm, abaxially
densely arachnoid pubescent, adaxially gray pubescent, ternately
3-partite; lobes linear or linear-lanceolate, 10–20 × 1–2
mm, margin revolute. Uppermost leaves and leaflike bracts 3partite
or entire. Synflorescence a lax panicle to 7 cm, lower
branches to 3 cm, very slender, with flowering branches from
upper nodes forming large compound panicle. Capitula shortly
pedunculate or sessile. Involucre broadly ovoid, subglobose, or
oblong, ca. 2 × 1.5–2 mm; phyllaries glabrous. Marginal female
florets 4–8; corolla limb glabrous. Disk florets 5–7, male.
Achenes obovoid. Fl. and fr. Jul–Oct.
● Terraces, slopes, dry river valleys, hills, roadsides, forest mar-
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gins, forest steppes, shrublands; 1000–1200(–2300) m. Gansu, Hebei,
Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Shanxi, NW Sichuan.
1a. Middle stem leaves 3(or 5)-partite;
capitula ± sessile ..................................... 185a. var. giraldii
1b. Middle stem leaves entire, rarely
3-partite; capitula peduncles
5–10 mm ................................ 185b. var. longipedunculata
185a. Artemisia giraldii var. giraldii
华北米蒿(原变种) hua bei mi hao (yuan bian zhong)
Artemisia dracunculus Linnaeus f. chinensis Pampanini;
A. dracunculus f. falciloba Pampanini; A. dracunculus f. intermedia
Pampanini; A. dracunculus subf. oblonga Pampanini;
Oligosporus giraldii (Pampanini) Poljakov.
Middle stem leaves 3(–5)-partite. Capitula ± sessile.
● Terraces, slopes, dry river valleys, hills, roadsides, forest margins,
forest steppes, shrublands; 1000–1200(–2300) m. Gansu, Hebei,
Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Shanxi, NW Sichuan.
185b. Artemisia giraldii var. longipedunculata Y. R. Ling,
Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 8(3): 7. 1988.
长梗米蒿 chang geng mi hao
Middle stem leaves usually entire, rarely 3-partite. Capitula
pedunculate, peduncle 5–10 mm.
● Hebei, Nei Mongol.
186. Artemisia conaensis Y. Ling & Y. R. Ling, Acta Phytotax.
Sin. 18: 511. 1980.
错那蒿 cuo na hao
Herbs, perennial, 30–80 cm tall, gray puberulent or glabrescent;
branches 8–14 cm, ascending. Lower and middle stem
leaves sessile; leaf blade elliptic, 5–20 × 1–1.5 cm, abaxially
densely arachnoid pubescent, adaxially gray-black when dried,
sparsely gray pubescent, 3–7-partite; lobes linear, linear-lanceolate,
or elliptic-lanceolate, 5–8(–10) × 1–2(–3) mm, basal lobes
usually lobulate; lobules elliptic. Uppermost leaves and leaflike
bracts linear or linear-lanceolate. Synflorescence a ± narrow
panicle. Capitula many. Involucre globose or hemispheric, 2–
3 mm in diam. Marginal female florets 5–10; corolla limb puberulent.
Disk florets 8–15, male. Achenes oblong or obovoid.
Fl. and fr. Jul–Oct.
● Waste areas, terraces, rocky slopes; 3000–4000 m. E Xizang.
Artemisia conaensis is used medicinally.
152. SERIPHIDIUM (Besser ex Lessing) Fourreau, Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, sér. 2, 17: 89. 1869.
绢蒿属 juan hao shu
Lin Yourun (林有润 Ling Yeou-ruenn, Ling Yuou-ruen); Christopher J. Humphries, Michael G. Gilbert
Artemisia subg. Seriphidium Besser ex Lessing, Syn. Gen. Compos. 264. 1832 [“Scriphida”].
Shrubs or herbs, caespitose or solitary in annual herbs, strongly aromatic, sterile branched, tomentose, arachnoid pubescent, or
glabrescent. Leaves alternate. Lowermost or middle stem leaves 2- or 3(or 4)-pinnatisect, -cleft, pectinately sect, or ternately 3-sect;
lobes or lobules narrowly linear, or narrowly lanceolate, rarely filiform, elliptic, or pectinate. Uppermost leaves and leaflike bracts divided
or entire. Capitula in narrow or broad panicles, rarely spicate panicles, sessile, ellipsoid or oblong, rarely ovoid, ovoid-campan-