Artemisia pontica, 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 : 183

30. A. pontica L. , Sp. Pl. 847 (1753).

Somewhat aromatic, rhizomatous perennial 40-80 cm, greyish-tomentose, glabrescent below. Leaves 3-4 cm, 1- to 2-pinnatifid, sessile, auriculate at base, densely pubescent on both surfaces; lobes up to 0-5 mm wide, linear-lanceolate, mucronate. Capitula ovoid, pedunculate, recurved, in a narrow racemose panicle. Bracts simple or 1- pinnatifid, about as long as the capitula. Involucre c. 2-5 mm; bracts ovate-oblong, broadly scarious, tomentose in the middle, obtuse. Receptacle glabrous. Corolla yellow, with glabrous lobes. 2л= 18. C. & E. Europe; casual and locally naturalized elsewhere. Au Bu Cz Ge Hu Ju Po Rm Rs (C, W, К, E) [Ga He It].