Artemisia vulgaris, L.

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 : 180

1. A. vulgaris L. , Sp. Pl. 848 (1753).

Perennial, caespitose, aromatic herb without overwintering rosettes. Stems (3O-)6O- 120(-210) cm, sparsely pubescent, often glabrescent, usually red or purplish. Leaves 1 -pinnatifid, auriculate at base, the segments sometimes deeply lobed, with an obscure network of small veins, usually glabrous above, whitish-tomentose beneath. Lower leaves shortly petiolate, upper sessile. Capitula numerous, subsessile, erect or slightly recurved, crowded on the branches of a large panicle. Bracts leaf-like, the upper small and simple. Involucre 2-5-3 mm, campanulate or ovoid; bracts greyish- arachnoid-pubescent, the outer lanceolate, acute, broadly scarious, the inner longer, oblong, obtuse. Receptacle glabrous. Corolla usually reddish-brown. 2n = 16. Most ofEurope, but rare in the extreme north and extreme south. All except Az BI Cr Fa Is Sb Si.