''Artemisia laciniata'' is a species of wormwood in the family

Asteraceae Asteraceae () is a large family (biology), family of flowering plants that consists of over 32,000 known species in over 1,900 genera within the Order (biology), order Asterales. The number of species in Asteraceae is rivaled only by the Orchi ...

. Its common name is the Siberian wormwood. It is mostly found in Russia, Alaska, the Yukon, and other parts of the US and Europe.

Description

''Artemisia laciniata'' can reach heights up to 50 or 60 centimeters. The alternate leaves are gray-green in color and are

bipinnate The following terms are used to describe leaf morphology in the description and taxonomy of plants. Leaves may be simple (that is, the leaf blade or 'lamina' is undivided) or compound (that is, the leaf blade is divided into two or more leaflets ...

. The lanceolate leaflets have entire margins. It produces a lot of greenish yellow flowers with many stellates. Its bloom period is from August to October. The fruit type is achenes. It is a hermaphrodite (has both male and female organs). May be confused with ''

Tanacetum bipinnatum ''Tanacetum'' is a genus of about 160 species of flowering plants in the aster family, Asteraceae, native to many regions of the Northern Hemisphere.

'' and ''

Artemisia norvegica ''Artemisia norvegica'' is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common names alpine sagewort, boreal sagewort, mountain sagewort, Norwegian mugwort, arctic wormwood, and spruce wormwood.Taylor, Jane E. (2006)''Artemisia ...

'', but ''Tanacetum'' has pointed leaves and ''A. novegica'' has bigger flowers and less developed leaves, differentiating the plants.

Distribution

Where ''Artemisia laciniata'' is native to is disputed in some places. There is no dispute with some countries and territories, like Russia (especially Siberia), Alaska, the Yukon, and Mongolia. Some sources say it is also native to states along the

Rocky Mountains The Rocky Mountains, also known as the Rockies, are a major mountain range and the largest mountain system in North America. The Rocky Mountains stretch in great-circle distance, straight-line distance from the northernmost part of Western Can ...

, and parts of Europe including Austria, Czechia, and Sweden. Whether or not it is extinct in Germany is also controversial. It also is probably native to

Kashmir Kashmir ( or ) is the Northwestern Indian subcontinent, northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term ''Kashmir'' denoted only the Kashmir Valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir P ...

Habitat

It can be found in dry gravelly stream banks, grassy flats, forested areas, and dry hillsides. Its elevation is between 100 and 1500 meters.

References

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