| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Artemisia saxicola Rydb. trib. Anthemideae |
| Bibliography | Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 32: 128 (1905) |
| Native Range | e. Siberia to Japan, Aleutian Islands to w. USA |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine or Subarctic |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 0-3800m |
| Description | base ramose, stems erect, sparsely tomentose, basal leaves petiolate, 5-15cm, 1-2-pinnatipartite, segments linear, capitula discoid, 7-10mm, pendent, in racemose inflorescence |
| Size | 25-40cm |
| Color | yellow |
| 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 division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Artemisia arctica Less. Artemisia arctica var. beringensis Hultén Artemisia arctica ssp. beringensis (Hultén) Hultén Artemisia arctica ssp. comata (Rydb.) Hultén Artemisia arctica ssp. ochotensis (Besser) Leonova Artemisia arctica ssp. psilosantha Hultén Artemisia arctica ssp. sachalinensis (F.Schmidt) Hultén Artemisia arctica var. sachalinensis F.Schmidt Artemisia arctica var. saxatilis (Besser) Y.R.Ling Artemisia arctica ssp. saxicola (Rydb.) Hultén Artemisia arctica f. villosa (Koidz.) Kitam Artemisia arctica var. villosa (Koidz.) Tatew. Artemisia arctica var viscidula Korobkov Artemisia atropurpurea Fisch. ex Herder Artemisia chamissoniana Besser Artemisia chamissoniana var. kamtschatica Besser Artemisia chamissoniana var. kuragiuskiana Besser Artemisia chamissoniana var. ochotensis Besser Artemisia chamissoniana var. kotzebuensis Besser Artemisia chamissoniana var. petropauliana Besser Artemisia chamissoniana var. unalaschcensis Besser Artemisia chamissonis var. saxatilis Besser Artemisia comata Rydb. Artemisia longepeduculata Rudolphi ex Besser Artemisia norvegica var. comata (Rydb.) S.L.Welsh Artemisia norvegica var. piceetorum S.L.Welsh & Goodrich Artemisia norvegica var. saxatilis (Besser) Jeps. Artemisia norvegica ssp. saxatilis (Besser) H.M.Hall & Clem. Artemisia psilosantha (Hultén) Korobkov |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (YAK Yakutskiya) 31 Russian Far East (KAM Kamchatka, KHA Khabarovsk, KUR Kuril Is., MAG Magadan, PRM Primorye, SAK Sakhalin) 38 Eastern Asia (JAP Japan) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ALU Aleutian Is., ASK Alaska, YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, MNT Montana, WAS Washington, WYO Wyoming) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California, UTA Utah) |