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Artemisia alpina Pall. ex Willd. trib. Anthemideae 
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FamilyASTERACEAE
Genus speciesArtemisia alpina Pall. ex Willd. trib. Anthemideae
BibliographySp. Pl., ed. 4, 3: 1824 (1803)
Native RangeRomania to se. Ukraine and Caucasus
Primary BiomeSubalpine
Habitatrocky slopes
Descriptiondensely silvery sericeous, leaves petiolate, bipinnatisect, terminal segments lanceolate-linear, acute, capitula, pedicellate, spherical, in narrow, interrupted panicle
Size12-15cm
Color
Bloomsummer
Ca
Typeperennial
Cultivationrock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes
alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer
Propagationseed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-16°C
division in spring; cuttings in late summer
SynonymsAbsinthium alpinum Besser
Absinthium lanatum Besser
Artemisia argentata Klokov
Artemisia caucasica Willd.
Artemisia chewsurica Sommier & Levier
Artemisia grossheimii Krasch. ex Poljakov
Artemisia lanuginosa Poir.
Artemisia lanulosa Klokov
Artemisia monticola K.Koch
Territory1 Europe
     13 Southeastern Europe (BUL Bulgaria, ROM Romania)
     14 Eastern Europe (KRY Krym, UKR Ukraine)
3 Asia-Temperate
     33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus, TCS Transcaucasus)
     34 Western Asia (TUR Turkey)
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