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Artemisia spicigera C. KOCH |
 Artemisia spicigera C. KOCH |
Artemisia L. |
| A. spicigera C.Koch in Linnaea 24:345 (1841). Syn: A. macra Boiss. & Hausskn. in Boiss., Fl. Or. 3:364 (1875)! Figure 15, p. 315. Map 29, p. 321. Like A. santonicum but stock stout, woody, rosettes often present at flowering, leaves not strongly canescent, segments less crowded, inflorescence branches short, strict, adpressed to or curved upwards towards main axis, capitula usually erect, rarely somewhat nodding, bracts simple. Fl. 6-9. Dry slopes, steppe, rarely in salty areas, 300-2000 m. Type: [Turkey A9 Kars] Gaue Kaghysman, auf Trachyt, c. 1500 m hoch, C.Koch. Inner Anatolia. A3 Ankara: Beypazarı, 1000 m, Uluscak (ISTO 1099)! A4 Ankara: Çubuk Baraj, 1000 m, Markgraf! A5 Sinop, Boyabat, 300 m, D. 25024! A8 Erzurum: 5 km from Tortum, 1550 m, Buttler 16054! A9 Erzurum: E. of Horasan, 1600 m, D. 32619! B4 Konya: Tuz G., Rech. 15260! B6 Maraş: Elbistan, Soisalle, Hausskn. (type of A. macra)! B7 Erzincan: road from Erzincan to Çobanli, 1610 m, Buttler 15711! B9 Bitlis: between Tatvan and Erciş, 1720 m, Buttler 15986! B10 Ağri: Doğubayazit, 2000 m, Rech. 14978! C9 Hakkari: Çölemerik, 1600 m, D. 24351! Soviet Armenia. Ir.-Tur. element. More or less replacing A. santonicum as asteppe dominant east of 36°E, though with a broad zone of overlap. Some specimens are like A. spicigera overall, but have the spreading panicles of A. santonicum: B4 Konya: Acituzgölü, nr Kirkişla, 900 m, D. 16639!; B6 Sivas: 3 km E. of Bulakbaşi Köyü on road to Zara, 1300 m, Buttler 15629! A similar specimen occurs from much further east: B10 Ağri, 7 km N. of Doğubayazit, 1510 m, Butter 14431! The status of-these intermediates requires further investi-gation. A. macra Boiss. & Hausskn. is a small, rigid-leaved variant. |