View source for Artemisia subg. Drancunculus

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|accepted_name=Artemisia subg. Drancunculus
|accepted_authority=Besser
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou
|place=1: 223. 1829
|year=1829
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Anthemideae;Artemisia;Artemisia subg. Drancunculus
|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>
|volume=Volume 19
|mention_page=page 504
|treatment_page=page 505
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Biennials,</b> perennials, or subshrubs (shrubs in <i>A. filifolia</i>); fibrous rooted or taprooted, caudices woody, rhizomes absent. <b>Stems</b> wandlike (new stems may sprout from caudices). <b>Leaves</b> deciduous (persistent in <i>A. aleutica</i> and <i>A. borealis</i>), usually cauline, sometimes basal, not in fascicles. <b>Heads</b> disciform. <b>Receptacles</b> epaleate, glabrous. <b>Florets</b>: peripheral 1–25 pistillate and fertile; central 3–32 functionally staminate (not setting fruits); corollas subglobose.</span><!--

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|distribution=North America;Eurasia.
|discussion=<p>Species ca. 80 (8 in the flora).</p>
|tables=
|references=
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==Key==
<div class="treatment-key-group">
  
{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Plants 5–30(–80+) cm (often cespitose and/or mounded)
|[[#key-0-2| > 2]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Plants (10–)50–180 cm (not cespitose)
|[[#key-0-5| > 5]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Perennials; leaves 2–3-palmately or -pinnately lobed
|[[#key-0-3| > 3]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Perennials or subshrubs; leaves 1–2-pinnately or -ternately lobed
|[[#key-0-4| > 4]]
|-id=key-0-3
|3
|Leaves 2-palmately lobed; corollas purplish red; Aleutian Islands
|[[Artemisia aleutica|Artemisia aleutica]]
|-id=key-0-3
|3
|Leaves 2–3-pinnately or -ternately lobed; corollas (at least lobes) usually yellow- orange or deep red; n latitudes and w mountains
|[[Artemisia borealis|Artemisia borealis]]
|-id=key-0-4
|4
|Leaves gray-green, lobes 1–2 mm wide; involucres 3–4 × 3–4 mm; corollas yellow, usually red-tinged, glabrous
|[[Artemisia pedatifida|Artemisia pedatifida]]
|-id=key-0-4
|4
|Leaves silver-green, lobes mostly 2–3 mm wide; involucres 4–5(–7) × 2–3 mm wide; corollas pale yellow, glandular
|[[Artemisia porteri|Artemisia porteri]]
|-id=key-0-5
|5
|Plants tarragon-scented or not aromatic; leaves mostly entire, sometimes (basal) irregularly lobed, faces usually glabrous, sometimes glabrescent (deserts)
|[[Artemisia dracunculus|Artemisia dracunculus]]
|-id=key-0-5
|5
|Plants faintly to strongly aromatic (not tarragon-scented); leaves lobed, faces hairy
|[[#key-0-6| > 6]]
|-id=key-0-6
|6
|Shrubs, 60–180 cm (rounded, stems wandlike); involucres 1.5–2 mm diam
|[[Artemisia filifolia|Artemisia filifolia]]
|-id=key-0-6
|6
|Biennials or perennials, (10–)30–80(–150) cm; involucres 2–4.5(–7) mm diam
|[[#key-0-7| > 7]]
|-id=key-0-7
|7
|Stems usually 1–5; heads in (mostly leafless) paniculiform arrays
|[[Artemisia campestris|Artemisia campestris]]
|-id=key-0-7
|7
|Stems usually 10+; heads (clustered in glomerules) in (densely leafy) paniculiform to spiciform arrays
|[[Artemisia pycnocephala|Artemisia pycnocephala]]
|}
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name=Artemisia subg. Drancunculus
|authority=Besser
|rank=subgenus
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Asteraceae
|distribution=North America;Eurasia.
|reference=None
|publication title=Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou
|publication year=1829
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f50eec43f223ca0e34566be0b046453a0960e173/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V19-20-21/V19_847.xml
|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Anthemideae
|genus=Artemisia
|subgenus=Artemisia subg. Drancunculus
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