Artemisia macrantha, Ledeb.

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

33. A. macrantha Ledeb. , Mém. Acad. Sci. Pétersb. 5: 573 (1815).

Perennial 20-100 cm. Rhizome creeping; stems solitary or few together. Leaves 2-pinnatisect, all but the lowest sessile, with the basal segments more or less clasping the stem; lobes 2-10 x 0-5-1-5 mm, sparsely pubescent above, grey-tomentose beneath. Capitula hemispherical, shortly pedunculate, nodding, in a narrow, paniculate inflorescence. Lower bracts leaf-like, the upper simple. Involucre 3 - 5-4-5 mm, arachnoid-tomentose; outer bracts oblong-lanceolate, herbaceous; inner broadly ovate, obtuse, with a wide, brownish, scarious margin. Receptacle glabrous. Corolla yellowish; lobesarachnoid-tomentose beneath; tube glandular but glabrous. E. Russia. Rs (C, E). (Siberia.)