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Artemisia furcata
Species of flowering plant From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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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
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