Artemisia campestris
Species of flowering plant
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Artemisia campestris is a common and widespread species of plants in the sunflower family, Asteraceae. It is native to a wide region of Eurasia and North America.[3] Common names include field wormwood,[4] beach wormwood,[5] northern wormwood,[6] Breckland wormwood,[7] boreal wormwood, Canadian wormwood, field sagewort and field mugwort.[8][9][10]
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Artemisia |
| Species: | A. campestris |
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Artemisia campestris is a branching, aromatic plant up to 150 cm (5 ft) tall. It grows in open sites on dry sandy soils, in steppes, rocky slopes, and waste areas.[9]
Subspecies
The following subspecies are accepted:[2]
- Artemisia campestris subsp. borealis (Pall.) H.M.Hall & Clem.
- Artemisia campestris subsp. bottnica Lundstr. ex Kindb.
- Artemisia campestris subsp. campestris
- Artemisia campestris subsp. canadensis (Michx.) Scoggan
- Artemisia campestris subsp. caudata (Michx.) H.M.Hall & Clem.
- Artemisia campestris subsp. cinerea
- Artemisia campestris subsp. glutinosa (Gay ex Bess.) Batt.
- Artemisia campestris subsp. lednicensis (Spreng.) Greuter & Raab-Straube
- Artemisia campestris subsp. pacifica H.M.Hall & Clem.
- Artemisia campestris subsp. variabilis (Ten.) Greuter