Artemisia santonicum subsp. patens, (Neilr.) K. Persson

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

(b) Subsp. patens (Neilr.) K. Persson , Op. Bot. (Lund) 35: 162 (1974)

( A. maritima var. patens Neilr. , A. salina subsp. patens (Neilr.) Sagorski ):

Stems subglabrous to glabrous at anthesis. Branches erect to erecto-patent, rarely distally pendent. Lamina of lower cauline leaves 10-20(-25) x 7—15 mm. Inner involucral bracts 0-9-1 -4(-l-5) mm wide. Florets (l-)2-4(-5); corolla l-9-2-4(-2-5) mm, usually reddish. 2zz= 18. From E. Austria to W. Romania.

A. nutans Willd. , Sp. Pl. 3: 1831 (1803) ( A. cretacea Kotov ), from S. E. Russia, seems to have smaller capitula and grows in different habitats (on chalky soils) but is otherwise very similar to 15. It may represent a distinct species but further living material needs to be studied.