Artemisia furcata
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Artemisia |
| Species: | A. furcata
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| Binomial name | |
| Artemisia furcata M.Bieb.
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Artemisia furcata, the forked wormwood,[3] is an Asian and North American species of plants in the sunflower family found in cold regions at high elevations or high latitudes.
Description
[edit]Artemisia furcata is a perennial up to 35 cm (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, yellow.[4]
Description and habitat
[edit]It is native to Canada (British Columbia, Alberta, and all three Arctic territories), the United States (Alaska and Washington), eastern Russia (Siberia and Russian Far East), Kazakhstan, and Japan.[5][6] The species is found in tundra and on talus slopes.[4]
Conservation
[edit]NatureServe has given the species a global conservation status of Apparently Secure (G4). This was last reviewed 7 August 1991.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
- ^ The Plant List Artemisia furcata M.Bieb.
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Artemisia furcata". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ^ a b "Artemisia furcata in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2024-10-24.
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 state-level distribution map
- ^ Pan-arctic Flora, 862207 Artemisia furcata M. Bieb.
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