Artemisia sericea, Weber

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 : 184

42. A. sericea Weber in Stechm., Artem. 16 (1775).

Perennial 40-70 cm; rhizome creeping; stems solitary or few together. Leaves sericeous on both surfaces; the lower dead at flowering; the middle 2-pinnatisect, with 1-2 pairs of segments and usually 1-2 simple or less divided segments at the base; the upper 1 - pinnatisect or simple; lobes 10-17 x 1-2 mm, acute, entire. Capitula hemispherical, nodding, in a narrow, or rarely lax, paniculate inflorescence. Involucre 3-4 mm, sericeous; bracts ovate, obtuse, with a scarious margin. Receptacle hairy. Corolla glandular; lobes densely hairy. S. C. & E. Russia, northwards to c. 62° 30' N. in N. Ural. Rs (N, C, E).