Artemisia campestris, L.

56. A. campestris L. View in CoL , Sp. Pl. 846 (1753).

Scarcely aromatic. Stock stout, woody, branched, with numerous non-flowering shoots. Stems (10-)20-80(-150) cm, ascending or erect, usually brownish-red and glabrous. Leaves sericeous when young, often glabrescent; basal 2- to 3-pinnatisect, petiolate; middle cauline 1 - to 2-pinnatisect, sessile, uppermost simple. Capitula ovoid to globose, usually shortly pedunculate, erect or erecto-patent, rarely recurved. Involucre 1 *5-3 *5(-6) mm, glabrous or rarely hairy; bracts with a wide scarious margin, the outer ovate, the inner oblong. Corolla yellowish or reddish. Dry places. Most of Europe, but absent from many islands and much of the north. All except Az BI Co Cr Fa Hb Is Sa Sb?Tu. 1 Panicle-branches viscid (b) subsp. glutinosa 1 Panicle-branches not viscid 2 Leaf-lobes short, fleshy, convex but not keeled beneath (c) subsp. maritima 2 Leaf-lobes not fleshy, keeled beneath 3 Involucre 1-5-2-5 mm; panicle usually wide (a) subsp. campestris 3 Involucre 3-6 mm; panicle narrow 4 Involucre usually 5-6 mm; most panicle-branches with 1-3 capitula (f) subsp. borealis 4 Involucre usually 3-4-5 mm; most panicle-branches with 3 or more capitula 5 Outer involucral bracts almost entirely herbaceous (e) subsp. bottnica 5 Outer involucral bracts broadly scarious (d) subsp. alpina