ARTEMISIA ARBORESCENS

Family and Genus:- See- COMPOSITAE/Sect. ARTEMISIA

Common Name:- None

Homotypic Synonyms:- None

Meaning:- Artemisia (Gr) Dioscorides' name for Artemis (Diana), wife of Mausolus,

of Caria, Asia Minor.

Arborescens (L) Becoming or tending to be tree-like.

General description:- Densely tomentose, aromatic perennial.

Stem:-

1) 50-100 cm, woody below.

Leaves:-

1) 1- to 2-pinnatisect or the upper sometimes simple, petiolate.

2) Lobes, 5-25 x 1-2 mm, obtuse.

Flowers:-

1) Capitula, 6-7 mm across the inflorescence.

2) Involucre, 3·5-4 mm.

3) Bracts, ovate, tomentose, with a wide, glabrous, scarious margin.

4) Receptacle, hairy.

5) Corolla, glabrous.

Fruit:-

1) Achenes, obovoid, subterete or compressed, smooth, finely striate or 2-ribbed.

2) Pappus, absent or sometimes a small scarious ring.

Key features:-

1) Involucre, 3·5-4 mm.

2) Capitula, 6-7 mm across.

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Habitat:- Dry open shrubby vegetation, grassy banks, often near villages (0-350) m.

Distribution:- Mediterranean region. Limited distribution on Crete mainly central

and in the west.

Flowering time:- Apr-June.

Photos by:- Fotis Samaritakis