Artemisia glacialis, L.

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

38. A. glacialis L. , Sp. Pl. ed. 2, 1187 (1763).

Densely caespitose, silvery-sericeous perennial up to 18 cm. Leaves petiolate, 5-partite, with 3-fid segments, the lobes narrowly linear, subobtuse; upper cauline less divided. Capitula 4-7 mm across, broadly hemispherical, mostly crowded in a terminal corymb. Involucral bracts villous-sericeous, ovate, obtuse, with a green centre and brown scarious margin. Receptacle densely hairy. Florets 25-50, the female 10 or fewer; corolla bright yellow, glabrous. Achenes glabrous. 2/7= 16. Schistose rocks and screes, 2000-3100 m. • S. W. Alps. Ga He It.