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Artemisia santonicum

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Species of flowering plant

Artemisia santonicum
Artemisia santonicum in Serbia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Artemisia
Species: A. santonicum
Binomial name
Artemisia santonicum
L. 1753
Synonyms
  • Artemisia mutabilis Salisb., nom. superfl.
  • Seriphidium santonicum (L.) Soják

Artemisia santonicum (saline wormwood) is a species of wormwood native to eastern Europe and western Asia, from Austria east through the Balkans, Ukraine and southern Russia to Kazakhstan, and also through Turkey to Iran.

There are two subspecies, which overlap in parts of southeast Europe:

  • Artemisia santonicum subsp. santonicum – in the eastern and central parts of the range
  • Artemisia santonicum subsp. patens (Neilr.) K.Perss. – in the western part of the range

Description and similar species

Saline wormwood is a herbaceous perennial plant or subshrub growing to 20–60 cm tall. It has strongly aromatic foliage, usually greyish-green to whitish-green, but can become glabrous green with wear. The leaves are deeply twice to thrice pinnatifid, with narrow, linear segments 0.7–1 mm broad, and are covered on both sides with a dense coat of white hairs. The small, oblong flower heads are 1–2 mm diameter, are of a yellowish or brownish tint; they are produced in September to October, and are arranged in racemes, sometimes drooping, sometimes erect.

It has often been erroneously reported as the closely related north European Artemisia maritima.

Habitat

It occurs on saline soils, being found on the drier parts of saltmarshes, brackish ditches, saltpans, sea cliffs, and coastal shingle.

  • Foliage. Dried-out small salt lake near Neusiedl am See, Burgenland, Austria. Foliage. Dried-out small salt lake near Neusiedl am See, Burgenland, Austria.
  • Flowers; erect form. Same site as left. Flowers; erect form. Same site as left.
  • Flowers; drooping form. Same site as left. Flowers; drooping form. Same site as left.

References

  1. ^ "Plants of the World Online". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2024-11-09.
  2. "Saline Wormwood (Artemisia santonicum)". iNaturalist. 2023-06-26. Retrieved 2024-11-09.
  3. Fischer, Manfred A. (2008). Exkursionsflora für Österreich, Liechtenstein und Südtirol (in German). Linz: Biologiezentrum der Oberösterreichischen Landesmuseen. p. 683. ISBN 978-3-85474-187-9.
  4. Soják, (L.); Waldst. & Hegi, Kit.); Poljakov, Kit.). "Artemisia santonicum". Euro+Med-Plantbase. Retrieved 2024-11-09.
Taxon identifiers
Artemisia santonicum
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