Asteraceae
Artemisia

Artemisia haussknechtii Boiss.

First published in Fl. Orient. 3: 374 (1875)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Türkiye to W. Iran. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Descriptions

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Ghazanfar, S. A., Edmondson, J. R. & Hind, D. J. N. (Eds). (2019). Flora of Iraq, Volume 6: Compositae.Kew Publishing

Type
Mt. Hawraman & Shahu, Dalekhan, 1867, Haussknecht s.n.;
Morphology General Habit
Perennial shrub, grey-green, 10–30 cm, densely sericeous-tomentose, with many branches from a woody stock
Morphology Leaves
Basal leaf rosettes absent at flowering; lower leaves petiolate, petiole 2–5 mm, balde 2-pinnatisect with lanceolate, ± obtuse segments; middle leaves shortly petiolate, as lower leaves but smaller, upper leaves and bracts simple, oblong to oblanceolate, entire
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescence a panicle with the lower branches ascending
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Capitulum
Capitula erect to nodding, sessile to shortly pedunculate, ± 4 mm in diameter; involucre densely tomentose; outer phyllaries ovate, with narrow, obscure scarious margins, inner phyllaries longer than outer phyllaries, oblong-ovate, obtuse with scarious margins
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Receptacle
Receptacle densely villous
Ray
Ray florets 7–8, female, corolla 2–toothed, ovary oblique; disc florets bisexual, corolla 5-toothed, densely pilose.
Ecology
Mountains, amongst rocks and increvices of rocks; alt. (650–)1700–2400 m;
Phenology
flowering & fruiting: Aug.-Oct.
Distribution
Iraq, Turkey, Iran.
[FIQ]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Iraq

    • Ghazanfar, S. A., Edmondson, J. R. (Eds). (2013-2019). Flora of Iraq, Volumes 5.1, 5.2 and 6.0. Kew Publishing
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0