Blooms: June-August
Habit: herb
Duration: perennial
Origin: Native
Conservation Status: Abundant; of no concern.
Distribution: Occurring west of the Cascades crest in Washington, British Columbia south to California.
Habitat: Bluffs and rocky or sandy beaches, less commonly in other low, open places.
Habit: herb
Duration: perennial
Origin: Native
Conservation Status: Abundant; of no concern.
Distribution: Occurring west of the Cascades crest in Washington, British Columbia south to California.
Habitat: Bluffs and rocky or sandy beaches, less commonly in other low, open places.
Species Description:
General: Stout perennial from a short, stout rhizome, the stems clustered, 5-15 dm. tall.
Leaves: Leaves broadly lanceolate to elliptic, entire, or with a few teeth or lobes, 8-15 cm. long and 1.5-5 cm. wide, white-woolly beneath and green and glabrous above.
Flowers: Heads very numerous in a dense, ample, paniculiform inflorescence; involucre 3-4 mm. high, glabrous, yellow-green and shining, very narrow and few-flowered; corollas all tubular, yellowish, fertile, the outer ones pistillate, 3-7, the inner perfect, 2-3; receptacle naked; pappus none.
Fruits: Achenes glabrous.
General: Stout perennial from a short, stout rhizome, the stems clustered, 5-15 dm. tall.
Leaves: Leaves broadly lanceolate to elliptic, entire, or with a few teeth or lobes, 8-15 cm. long and 1.5-5 cm. wide, white-woolly beneath and green and glabrous above.
Flowers: Heads very numerous in a dense, ample, paniculiform inflorescence; involucre 3-4 mm. high, glabrous, yellow-green and shining, very narrow and few-flowered; corollas all tubular, yellowish, fertile, the outer ones pistillate, 3-7, the inner perfect, 2-3; receptacle naked; pappus none.
Fruits: Achenes glabrous.
Accepted Name:
Artemisia suksdorfii PiperSynonyms:
Artemisia vulgaris L. var. littoralis Suksdorf
Treated in Flora of the PNW as:
Artemisia suksdorfii
Additional Resources:
PNW Herbaria Specimens: View list of Artemisia suksdorfii specimens in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.
WTU Herbarium Specimens: View list of Artemisia suksdorfii specimens in the WTU Herbarium database.
Washington Flora Checklist: Artemisia suksdorfii treatment.
E-Flora BC: Artemisia suksdorfii atlas page.
CalPhotos: Artemisia suksdorfii images.
USDA Plants Database: Artemisia suksdorfii.
Rod Gilbert, 2004
Rod Gilbert, 2004
Richard Old
Paul Slichter, 2009
Paul Slichter, 2009
Paul Slichter, 2009
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