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Artemisia senjavinensis

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Species of flowering plant

Artemisia senjavinensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Artemisia
Species: A. senjavinensis
Binomial name
Artemisia senjavinensis
Besser
Synonyms
  • Ajania senjavinensis (Besser) Poljakov
  • Artemisia androsacea Seem.
  • Artemisia glomerata Hook. & Arn.
  • Artemisia semavinensis Besser

Artemisia senjavinensis, the arctic wormwood, is a rare Arctic species of plants in the family Asteraceae. It has been found only on the Seward Peninsula on the Alaskan side of the Bering Strait and on the Chukotka (Chukchi) Peninsula on the Russian side.

Artemisia senjavinensis is a shrub up to 90 cm (3 feet) tall, with many stems densely clumped together. Leaves are gray-green, woolly, mostly in rosettes close to the ground. There are many small yellow or tan flower heads. The species grows at low elevations near the shore.

References

  1. The Plant List, Artemisia senjavinensis Besser
  2. NRCS. "Artemisia senjavinensis". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  3. ^ Flora of North America, Artemisia senjavinensis Besser, Nouv. Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou. 3: 35. 1834
  4. Pan-arctic Flora, 862216 Artemisia senjavinensis Besser
Taxon identifiers
Artemisia senjavinensis


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