Artemisia tschernieviana, Besser

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1976, Flora Europaea. Volume 4. Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae), Cambridge University Press : 185

53. A. tschernieviana Besser , Bull. Soc. Nat. Moscou 8: 33 (1835)

( A. arenaria DC. ).

Suffruticose. Stems (35-)50-75(-100) cm, more or less hairy, soon glabrescent, with long, patent branches above. Leaves 1 - to 2-pinnatisect, pubescent at first, glabrescent; lower cauline 2-5(-6) cm, petiolate, deciduous, the middle usually sessile, and the uppermost usually simple; lobes 5-15 mm, narrowly linear, mucronate. Capitula ovoid, shortly pedunculate, patent or recurved, in a diffuse panicle. Involucre 2-5-3 - 5 mm, glabrous; bracts elliptical, the inner longer than the outer, broadly scarious. Corolla purple or yellowish. S. part of U.S.S.R., E. Romania. Rm Rs (C, W, K, E).