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Artemisia incana (L.) DRUCE |
 Artemisia incana (L.) DRUCE |
Artemisia L. |
| A. incana (L.) Druce in Rep. Bot. Exch. C1. Brit. Is. 1913, 3:414 (1914). Syn: Tanacetum incanum L., Sp. Pl. 844 (1753); Artemisia fasciculata Bieb., Fl. Taur.-Cauc. 2:293 (1808). Figure 15, p. 315. Map 28, p. 321. figure 15 Artemisia leaves (b basal, 1 lower, m median, u upper): 1 Artemisia caucasica (b). 2 A. santonicum (m). 3 A. taurica (m). 4 A. scoparia (u). 5 A. splendens (b). 6 A. herba-alba (1). 7 A. spicigera (m). 8 A. campestris (m). 9 A. araratica (m). 10 A. austriaca (m). 11 A. chamaemellifolia (m). 12 A. incana (m). 13 A. tournefortiana (m). 14 A. annua (m). 15 A. arborescens (m). 16 A. armeniaca (m). 17 A. absinthium (m). 18 A. vulgaris (m). (Each with 1 cm scale.)Perennial with stout woody stocks, and erect, ± unbranched flowering stems 20-50 cm. Rosette leaves petiolate, 2-pinnatisect with oblong to linear, acute segments, greyish or silvery sericeous on both surfaces. Cauline leaves similar, becoming sessile and less divided regularly up stem, uppermost simple or with few segments. Inflorescence a panicle, branches ending in congested, corymbose clusters of capitula. Capitula erect, yellowish, oblong, 3.5-4 mm broad. Outer phyllaries mostly green, with narrow, yellowish scarious margins; inner oblong, clearly exceeding outer, mostly scarious and yellowish. Outer flowers filiform, female, inner hermaphrodite, fertile, corolla yellowish, lobes glabrous or sparsely pilose. Fl. 7-9. Stony slopes, 1550-2000 m. Described from the Orient. E. Anatolia. A8 Erzurum: 5.5 km from Tortum, 1550 m, Battler 16059! B8 Erzurum: Palandöken Da., 2000 m, D. 47419! B9 Bitlis: Adilcevaz, 1900 m, D. 24625! Erzurum: 20 km from Horasan to Tahir, 1700 m, D. 47298! Van: Gevaş to Van, 2000 m, McNeill 787! Caucasia, N.W. Iran. Ir.-Tur. element. |