• ABBREVIATION
• SYNONYMS
• NRCS PLANT CODE
• COMMON NAMES
• TAXONOMY
• LIFE FORM
• FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS
• OTHER STATUS
• AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION

ABBREVIATION:

ARTCAM

SYNONYMS:

Artemisia borealis Pallas [16,19]
     = Artemisia campestris L. ssp. borealis (Pallas) H. & C. [17,21,44]
Artemisia canadensis Michx. [19,33,34]
     = Artemisia campestris ssp. borealis var. borealis (Pallas) M. E. Peck [21]
Artemisia caudata Michx. [16,30,34]
     = Artemisia campestris ssp. caudata (Michx). H. & C. [10]
Artemisia pacifica Nutt. [16,22]
     = Artemisia campestris ssp. pacifica (Nutt.) H. & C. [21]
Artemisia pycnocephala D. C. [18,27]
     = Artemisia campestris ssp. pacifica (Nutt.) H. & C. [21]
Oligosporus caudatus (Michx.) Poljakov [26]
     = Artemisia campestris ssp. caudata [15,18,21,45]
Oligosporus pacificus (Nutt.) Poljakov [26]
     = Artemisia campestris ssp. pacifica (Nutt.) H. & C. [21]

NRCS PLANT CODE:

ARCA12
ARCAB2
ARCAB4
ARCAP
ARCAS5
ARCAW
ARCAC4
ARCAC
ARCAP2

COMMON NAMES:

sagewort wormwood

TAXONOMY:

The scientific name of sagewort wormwood is Artemisia campestris L. (Asteraceae) [17,21,44]. The species is composed of many races and the taxonomy is confused [14]. Infrataxa of North America include:

A. c. ssp. borealis (Pallas) H.& C. [15,18,21,44] - northern wormwood
     A. c. ssp. b. var. borealis (Pallas) M. E. Peck [17,21,44] - Pacific wormwood
     A. c. ssp. b. var. petiolata Welsh [43]
     A. c. ssp. b. var. purshii (Hook.) Cronq. [21] - Pursh's wormwood
     A. c. ssp. b. var. scouleriana (Benth.) Cronq. [21,44] - Scouler's wormwood
     A. c. ssp. b. var. wormskioldii (Bess.ex Hook.) Cronq. [21] -
         Wormskiold's wormwood

A. c. ssp. campestris L. [21,44] - field wormwood
A. c. ssp. caudata (Michx.) H. & C. [15,18,21,45] - western wormwood
A. c. ssp. pacifica (Nutt.) H. & C. [21] - Pacific wormwood

LIFE FORM:

forb

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS:

No legal status

OTHER STATUS:

Northern wormwood is state-listed as endangered in Massachusetts [9], and Wormskiold's wormwood is state-listed as endangered in Washington [42].

AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION:

Howard, Janet L. (1998, March). Artemisia campestris. In: Remainder of Citation

Related categories for SPECIES: Artemisia campestris | Sagewort Wormwood