Artemisia bhutanica is a species of mugwort endemic to the Bhutan Himalayas.[2]

Artemisia bhutanica
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Artemisia
Species:
A. bhutanica
Binomial name
Artemisia bhutanica
Grierson & Spring.

Description

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It at least grows up to 60 centimeters, and is often much taller than that. It has pale glands mixed with long dark reddish hairs. The lower inflorescence leaves are thinly covered with multiseptate hairs, the upper inflorescence is more densely covered by glandular hairs. The racemiform inflorescence branches are spreading. The flowers are bisexual, meaning that they have both male and female flowers. The achenes are ellipsoid or obovoid.[3]

Habitat

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Grows in open disturbed areas between 2750 and 3850 m.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Details), Bhutan Endemic Flowering Plants Workshop (See Rinchen ??? for contact (25 November 2015). "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Artemisia bhutanica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  2. ^ a b Yangzom, Rinchen; Long, David (11 November 2015). Plants Endemic to Bhutan Himalaya. Bhutan: National Biodiversity Centre. ISBN 978-99936-763-5-5.
  3. ^ "Artemisia bhutanica Grierson & Spring. | Species". Bhutan Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2023-08-19.