Artemisia laciniata is a species of wormwood in the family Asteraceae. Its common name is the Siberian wormwood. It is mostly found in Russia, Alaska, the Yukon, and other parts of the US and Europe.[1]

Artemisia laciniata

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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Artemisia
Species:
A. laciniata
Binomial name
Artemisia laciniata

Description

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Artemisia laciniata can reach heights up to 50 or 60 centimeters. The alternate leaves are gray-green in color and are bipinnate. The lanceolate leaflets have entire margins. It produces a lot of greenish yellow flowers with many stellates. Its bloom period is from August to October. The fruit type is achenes.[2] It is a hermaphrodite (has both male and female organs).[3]

May be confused with Tanacetum bipinnatum and Artemisia norvegica, but Tanacetum has pointed leaves and A. novegica has bigger flowers and less developed leaves, differentiating the plants.[4][5]

Distribution

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Where Artemisia laciniata is native to is disputed in some places. There is no dispute with some countries and territories, like Russia (especially Siberia), Alaska, the Yukon, and Mongolia. Some sources say it is also native to states along the Rocky Mountains, and parts of Europe including Austria, Czechia, and Sweden. Whether or not it is extinct in Germany is also controversial. It also is probably native to Kashmir.[1][2][6][7][8]

Habitat

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It can be found in dry gravelly stream banks, grassy flats, forested areas, and dry hillsides. Its elevation is between 100 and 1500 meters.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Artemisia laciniata Willd. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2023-08-09.
  2. ^ a b "Hortipedia - Artemisia laciniata". en.hortipedia.com. Retrieved 2023-08-09.
  3. ^ "Artemisia laciniata Siberian wormwood PFAF Plant Database". pfaf.org. Retrieved 2023-08-11.
  4. ^ "Siberian Wormwood" (PDF). Yukon.ca. Jan 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-08-10. Retrieved 2023-08-09.
  5. ^ a b "Artemisia laciniata subsp. laciniata - FNA". beta.floranorthamerica.org. Retrieved 2023-08-11.
  6. ^ "Artemisia laciniata Willd". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2023-08-09.
  7. ^ "Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin". www.wildflower.org. Retrieved 2023-08-09.
  8. ^ Weyerstahl, Peter; Marschall-Weyerstahl, Helga; Schröder, Martin; Kaul, Vijay K. (March 1992). "The Monoterpene Region of the Essential Oil of Artemisia laciniata". Journal of Essential Oil Research. 4 (2): 107–112. doi:10.1080/10412905.1992.9698029. ISSN 1041-2905.