Artemisia armeniaca, Lam.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1976, Flora Europaea. Volume 4. Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae), Cambridge University Press : 182

20. A. armeniaca Lam. , Encycl. Méth. Bot. 1: 263 (1783).

Perennial 40-100 cm. Rhizome creeping; stems solitary or few together. Lower leaves 2-pinnatisect, long-petiolate, the upper 1-pinnatisect, sessile; lobes 3-10 x l-2(-4) mm, sparsely pubescent above, whitish-lanate beneath, serrate, acute. Capitula hemispherical, shortly pedunculate, usually nodding, in a narrow paniculate inflorescence. Bracts simple, usually shorter than the peduncle. Involucre 4-5 mm; bracts glabrous or the outer more or less pubescent, ovate, obtuse, herbaceous, with a wide scarious margin. Receptacle glabrous. Corolla yellowish; lobes sparsely ciliate; tube glandular. S.E. part of U.S.S.R., northwards to c. 6Q°N. and westwards to c. 33°E. Rs (C, W, E).