Artemisia thellungiana Pamp. in Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital. n.s. 33: 457. 1926; Razi m Rec. Bot. Surv. Ind. 18: 5. 1959.

Herbs, slender;. stems galbrous, striate, sulcate. Leaves pinnati-partite; rachis wide, more or less constncted at the upper segments; segments coarsely irregularly dentate.. lobed; lobes ovate-mucronate at the apices, glabrous above, adpressed pubescent beneath. Heads in pyramidal, leafy panicles with simple branches, nearly puberulous, gradually becomming glabrescent to glabrous. Disc florets hermaphrodite; corolla tube sparsely glandular, apparently elongate, thick, small, attenuate.

Fl. & Fr. Aug.

Distrib. India: E. Himalayas, between 1200-2500 m. Sikkim.