| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Artemisia melanolepis Boiss. trib. Anthemideae |
| Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. 11: 27 (1849) |
| Native Range | Iran |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | rocks and scree |
| Description | silvery sericeous, basal leaves in outline orbiculate, palmatitrisect, segments short, linear-oblong, obtuse, stem leaves sessile, capitula spherical in short raceme |
| Size | 8-15cm |
| Color | |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-16°C cuttings in late summer |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran) |