Artemisia salsoloides
Willd., Sp. Pl. 3: 1832. 1803; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 3:
321. 1881.
Herbs, perennial, erect, glabrous or sparsely villous, 6 - 60 cm high; stems pale,
shining many from the crown, or stout, branched from the very base, angled, rootstock
stout woody, sometimes 30 cm long. Leaves 3 - 7 cm long, 2 - 3-pinnatisect, glaucous;
segments slender, oblong, entire; radical leaves many or absent, glabrous or ferruginous
hairy; upper cauline quite entire. Heads sessile or pedicelled, shining on simple or
panicled racemes broadly ovoid or subglohose, 2.5 - 4 mm diam. Involucral bracts obtuse,
with white or black brown, scarious margins, 2 - 3 mm long. Receptacle naked. Outer
florets female, fertile; corolla 3-fid. Disc florets hermaphrodite, sterile, tubular, ca 2 mm
long, limb. 5-fid, lobes acute. Achenes elliptic, ellipsoid, ca 1.5 mm long, smooth,
delicately ribbed.
KEY TO THE VARIETIES
| 1a. Tall herbs, 20-60 cm long; heads in simple or branched racemes; involucral bracts with white scarious margins | 24.2. salsoloides |
| b. Dwarf herbs, ca 6 - 8 cm long; heads solitary in terminal racemes; involucral bracts with black brown margins | 24.1. wellbyi |
