Artemisia campestris

Artemisia campestris is a common and widespread species of plants in the sunflower family, Asteraceae. It is native to a wide region of Eurasia and North America.[3] Common names include field wormwood,[4] beach wormwood,[5] northern wormwood,[6] Breckland wormwood[7] boreal wormwood, Canadian wormwood, field sagewort and field mugwort.[8][9][10]

Artemisia campestris
1813 illustration[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Artemisia
Species:
A. campestris
Binomial name
Artemisia campestris
L. 1753 not Pursh 1813 nor Kitam. 1940
Synonyms[2]
Artemisia near Baltic Sea

Artemisia campestris is a branching, aromatic plant up to 150 cm (5 feet) tall. It grows in open sites on dry sandy soils, in steppes, rocky slopes, and waste areas.[9]

Subspecies[2][8][10]
  • Artemisia campestris subsp. alpina (DC.) Arcang. - central Europe
  • Artemisia campestris subsp. borealis (Pall.) H.M.Hall & Clem. - northern + central Europe - northern North America
  • Artemisia campestris subsp. bothnica - Eurasia
  • Artemisia campestris subsp. bottnica Lundstr. ex Kindb. - Eurasia
  • Artemisia campestris subsp. campestris - Eurasia
  • Artemisia campestris subsp. canadensis (Michx.) Scoggan - Greenland, Canada, Maine
  • Artemisia campestris subsp. caudata (Michx.) H.M.Hall & Clem. - central Canada, eastern + central United States
  • Artemisia campestris subsp. glutinosa (Besser) Batt.
  • Artemisia campestris subsp. inodora Nyman
  • Artemisia campestris subsp. lednicensis (Spreng.) Greuter & Raab-Straube
  • Artemisia campestris subsp. maritima (DC.) Arcang.
  • Artemisia campestris subsp. pacifica (Nutt.) H.M.Hall & Clem. - western North America
  • Artemisia campestris subsp. variabilis (Ten.) Greuter

References
  1. Plate 37 from Adolphus Ypey, Vervolg ob de Avbeeldingen der artseny-gewassen met derzelver Nederduitsche en Latynsche beschryvingen, Eersde Deel, 1813, published by Kurt Stüber, http://www.biolib.de
  2. "Artemisia campestris". The Global Compositae Checklist (GCC) – via The Plant List.
  3. Hill, Chris (2021-02-03). "'Incredibly rare' plants burst into life on busy industrial estate". East Anglian Daily Times. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
  4. "BSBI List 2007". Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2014-10-23. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  5. Hilty, John (2016). "Beach Wormwood (Artemisia campestris caudata)". Illinois Wildflowers.
  6. Second alternative name
  7. "3rd alternative name". Archived from the original on 2012-04-09. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  8. Shultz, Leila M. (2006). "Artemisia campestris". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). 19. New York and Oxford – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
  9. Lin, Yourun; Humphries, Christopher J.; Gilbert, Michael G. "Artemisia campestris". Flora of China. 20–21 – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
  10. Altervista Flora Italiana, Assenzio di campo, Artemisia campestris L.
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