Artemisia norvegica ~ Fr.var scotia Hulten. ~
Norwegian Mugwort
NOMENCLATURE
Artemisia :
see A. vulgaris.
norvegica :
of Norway.
TYPE :
dwarf tufted perennial herb with flowering stems 3-10cm, hairy. Hs.
LEAVES :
basal 2cm, stalked, subpalmate, with deeply lobed cuneate lobes. Stem leaves >or< sessile, all silky white.
FLOWERS :
heads solitary, 3, 10mm diam., nodding. Involucral bracts with green midrib & broad dark brown scarious margin. Fl 7-9. 2n=18.
HABITAT :
in Rhacomitrium heaths.
DISTRIBUTION :
native, 550-760m, on two mountains in W. Ross. Norway & Ural Mountains.
BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION