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|accepted_name=Artemisia dracunculus
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=2: 849. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Wild tarragon
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Artemisia aromatica
|authority=A. Nelson
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Artemisia dracunculina
|authority=S. Watson
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Artemisia dracunculoides
|authority=Pursh
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Artemisia dracunculoides subsp. dracunculina
|authority=(S. Watson) H. M. Hall & Clements
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Artemisia glauca
|authority=unknown
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Artemisia glauca var. megacephala
|authority=B. Boivin
}}
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Anthemideae;Artemisia;Artemisia subg. Drancunculus;Artemisia dracunculus
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Anthemideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Artemisia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subgenus</small>[[Artemisia subg. Drancunculus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Artemisia dracunculus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 19
|mention_page=page 503, 505
|treatment_page=page 508
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Perennials </b>or subshrubs, 50–120(–150) cm, strongly tarragon-scented or not aromatic; rhizomatous, caudices coarse. <b>Stems</b> relatively numerous, erect, green to brown or reddish brown, somewhat woody, glabrous. <b>Leaves</b>: proximal blades bright green and glabrous or gray-green and sparsely hairy, 5–8 cm; cauline blades bright green (gray-green in desert forms), linear, lanceolate, or oblong, 1–7 × 0.1–0.5(–0.9) cm, mostly entire, sometimes irregularly lobed, acute, usually glabrous, sometimes glabrescent (deserts). <b>Heads</b> in terminal or lateral, leafy, paniculiform arrays 15–45 × 6–30 cm; appearing ball-like on slender, sometimes nodding peduncles. <b>Involucres</b> globose, 2–3 × 2–3.5(–6) mm. <b>Phyllaries</b> (light brown, broadly lanceolate, membranous): margins broadly hyaline, glabrous. <b>Florets</b>: pistillate 6–25; functionally staminate 8–20; corollas pale yellow, 1.8–2 mm, eglandular or sparsely glandular. <b>Cypselae</b> oblong, 0.5–0.8 mm, faintly nerved, glabrous. <b>2n</b> = 18.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering mid summer–late fall.
|habitat=Open meadows and fields, desert scrub, moist drainages, roadsides
|elevation=500–3000 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Man.;Ont.;Sask.;Yukon;Alaska;Ariz.;Calif.;Colo.;Idaho;Ill.;Iowa;Kans.;Minn.;Mo.;Mont.;Nebr.;Nev.;N.Mex.;N.Dak.;Okla.;Oreg.;S.Dak.;Tex.;Utah;Wash.;Wis.;Wyo.;Eurasia.
|discussion=<p><i>Artemisia dracunculus</i> is widely cultivated as a culinary herb and may be introduced in parts of its range. It is easily cultivated from rootstocks, and while establishment from seeds is rare, seedlings can be found with amenable environmental conditions. Because of its popularity as an herb, it may suffer from overcollecting. Its scarcity in Missouri, Iowa, and Illinois (J. T. Kartesz and C. A. Meacham 1999) may have been caused by overly enthusiastic collecting as well as habitat loss.</p>
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name=Artemisia dracunculus
|author=
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=subgenus
|synonyms=Artemisia aromatica;Artemisia dracunculina;Artemisia dracunculoides;Artemisia dracunculoides subsp. dracunculina;Artemisia glauca;Artemisia glauca var. megacephala
|basionyms=
|family=Asteraceae
|phenology=Flowering mid summer–late fall.
|habitat=Open meadows and fields, desert scrub, moist drainages, roadsides
|elevation=500–3000 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Man.;Ont.;Sask.;Yukon;Alaska;Ariz.;Calif.;Colo.;Idaho;Ill.;Iowa;Kans.;Minn.;Mo.;Mont.;Nebr.;Nev.;N.Mex.;N.Dak.;Okla.;Oreg.;S.Dak.;Tex.;Utah;Wash.;Wis.;Wyo.;Eurasia.
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V19-20-21/V19_856.xml
|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Anthemideae
|genus=Artemisia
|subgenus=Artemisia subg. Drancunculus
|species=Artemisia dracunculus
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