Artemisia furcata

Artemisia furcata, the forked wormwood,^[5] is an Asian and North American species of plant in the sunflower family Asteraceae found in cold regions at high elevations or high latitudes.

Artemisia furcata
Conservation status
Apparently Secure  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Artemisia
Species:	A. furcata
Binomial name
Artemisia furcata M.Bieb.
Subspecies[2]
Artemisia furcata subsp. flavida Vorosch. & Nechaev Artemisia furcata subsp. insulana (Krasch.) Vorosch. Artemisia furcata subsp. furcata
Synonyms
Species[2] Ajania furcata (M.Bieb.) Poljakov subsp. furcata[3] Artemisia trifurcata Stephan ex Spreng. Artemisia heterophylla Besser Artemisia hyperborea Rydb. Artemisia tacomensis Rydb. Artemisia glomerata var. pedunculosa Koidz. Artemisia norvegica subsp. heterophylla (Besser) H.M.Hall & Clem. Artemisia trifurcata var. pedunculosa (Koidz.) Kitam. Artemisia yezoensis Tatew. & Kitam. Artemisia trifurcata subsp. tacomensis (Rydb.) Hultén Artemisia furcata subsp. tacomensis (Rydb.) Hultén Artemisia furcata var. pedunculosa (Koidz.) Toyok. Artemisia trifurcata var. tacomensis (Rydb.) T.Shimizu subsp. insularis[4] Artemisia insulana Krasch. Ajania insulana (Krasch.) Poljakov

Description

Artemisia furcata is a perennial up to 35 centimetres (14 inches) tall, not generally forming clumps. Leaves are gray-green, some forming a rosette at the base, others attached to the stem. Heads are small but numerous and yellow.^[6]

Distribution and habitat

It is native to Canada (British Columbia, Alberta, and the three Arctic territories of Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and Yukon), the United States (Alaska and Washington), eastern Russia (Siberia and Russian Far East), Kazakhstan, and Japan.^[7][8] The species is found in tundra and on talus slopes.^[6]

Conservation

NatureServe has given the species a global conservation status of Apparently Secure (G4). This was last reviewed 7 August 1991.^[1]

References

1. NatureServe. "Artemisia furcata". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
2. "Artemisia furcata M.Bieb". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
3. "Artemisia furcata subsp. furcata". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
4. "Artemisia furcata subsp. insulana (Krasch.) Vorosch". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
5. NRCS. "Artemisia furcata". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 26 May 2015.
6. Shultz, Leila M. "Artemisia furcata". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. Retrieved 24 October 2024 – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
7. "Artemisia furcata". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2 November 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
8. Elven, Reidar; Murray, David F.; Razzhivin, Volodya Yu.; Yurtsev, Boris A. (eds.). "Artemisia furcata M. Bieb". Panarctic Flora. Retrieved 13 November 2024.