Artemisia santonicum (saline wormwood[2]) is a species of wormwood native to eastern Europe and western Asia, from Austria east through the Balkans, Ukraine and southern Russia to Kazakhstan, and also through Turkey to Iran.[1]
| Artemisia santonicum | |
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| Artemisia santonicum in Serbia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Artemisia |
| Species: | A. santonicum
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| Binomial name | |
| Artemisia santonicum L. 1753
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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There are two subspecies, which overlap in parts of southeast Europe:[1]
- Artemisia santonicum subsp. santonicum – in the eastern and central parts of the range
- Artemisia santonicum subsp. patens (Neilr.) K.Perss. – in the western part of the range
Description and similar species
editSaline wormwood is a herbaceous perennial plant or subshrub growing to 20–60 cm tall. It has strongly aromatic foliage, usually greyish-green to whitish-green, but can become glabrous green with wear. The leaves are deeply twice to thrice pinnatifid, with narrow, linear segments 0.7–1 mm broad, and are covered on both sides with a dense coat of white hairs. The small, oblong flower heads are 1–2 mm diameter, are of a yellowish or brownish tint; they are produced in September to October, and are arranged in racemes, sometimes drooping, sometimes erect.[3]
It has often been erroneously reported as the closely related north European Artemisia maritima.[4]
Habitat
editIt occurs on saline soils, being found on the drier parts of saltmarshes, brackish ditches, saltpans, sea cliffs, and coastal shingle.
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Foliage. Dried-out small salt lake near Neusiedl am See, Burgenland, Austria. -
Flowers; erect form. Same site as left. -
Flowers; drooping form. Same site as left.
References
edit- ^ a b c "Plants of the World Online". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2024-11-09.
- ^ "Saline Wormwood (Artemisia santonicum)". iNaturalist. 2023-06-26. Retrieved 2024-11-09.
- ^ Fischer, Manfred A. (2008). Exkursionsflora für Österreich, Liechtenstein und Südtirol (in German). Linz: Biologiezentrum der Oberösterreichischen Landesmuseen. p. 683. ISBN 978-3-85474-187-9.
- ^ Soják, (L.); Waldst. & Hegi, Kit.); Poljakov, Kit.). "Artemisia santonicum". Euro+Med-Plantbase. Retrieved 2024-11-09.
