Artemisia bhutanica
Species of flowering plant
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Artemisia bhutanica is a species of mugwort endemic to Bhutan in the eastern Himalayas.[2]
| Artemisia bhutanica | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Artemisia |
| Species: | A. bhutanica |
| Binomial name | |
| Artemisia bhutanica Grierson & Spring. | |
Description
It at least grows up to 60 centimeters, and is often much taller than that. It has pale glands mixed with long dark reddish hairs. The lower inflorescence leaves are thinly covered with multiseptate hairs, the upper inflorescence is more densely covered by glandular hairs. The racemiform inflorescence branches are spreading. The flowers are bisexual, meaning that they have both male and female flowers. The achenes are ellipsoid or obovoid.[3]
Habitat
Grows in open disturbed areas between 2750 and 3850 m elevation.[2]
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