Asteraceae
Artemisia

Artemisia campestris L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 846 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Europe to W. Siberia and NW. Iran, N. Africa to Sahara. It is a perennial or subshrub 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

Morphology General Habit
Shrub to 40 cm tall, with a woody rootstock, faintly aromatic. Stems many, pubescent to glabrescent
Morphology Leaves
Basal leaves: petiole 3–5 cm, leaf blade broadly ovate in outline, 4–5 × 2–5 cm, 2(–3)-pinnatisect, with 4 or 5 pairs of 3–5-lobed segments; lobes linear, mucronulate; middle stem leaves sessile, leaf blade ovate 1–2-pinnatisect, with 3–4 pairs of segments; uppermost leaves and leaf-like bracts entire or 3–5-lobed
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Synflorescence
Synflorescence forming a lax panicle
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Capitulum
Capitula 2–4 mm in diameter, shortly pedunculate, erect or nodding; phyllaries outer ovate, inner oblong, with broad scaious margins, shiny
Ray
Ray florets 3–6(–20), female, corolla 2-toothed; disc florets 6–10(–30) bisexual-Achenes ± 1 mm, obovoid.
Ecology
Undulating depressions in “haswa” plain, in gravelly and silty soil; alt. 40–160 m;
Phenology
flowering & fruiting: Apr., Oct.-Nov.
Distribution
Iraq, China, Japan, Russia; NW Iran, C Asia, Europe, North America.
[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

    • 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 2026. 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 2026. 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images