''Artemisia globularia'', the purple wormwood, is a rare Asian and

North America North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Car ...

n species of plants in the sunflower family. It is native to Alaska, Yukon Territory, and the

Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Chukotka (russian: Чуко́тка), officially the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug,, ''Čukotkakèn avtonomnykèn okrug'', is the easternmost federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia. It is an autonomous okrug situated in the Russian ...

of Russia. ''Artemisia globularia'' is a small, clumping perennial up to 30 cm (12 inches) tall. It is slightly aromatic and has many small, yellow

flower heads A pseudanthium (Greek for "false flower"; ) is an inflorescence that resembles a flower. The word is sometimes used for other structures that are neither a true flower nor a true inflorescence. Examples of pseudanthia include flower heads, compos ...

. It grows in arctic and

alpine tundra Alpine tundra is a type of natural region or biome that does not contain trees because it is at high elevation, with an associated alpine climate, harsh climate. As the latitude of a location approaches the poles, the threshold elevation for alp ...

.Flora of North America, ''Artemisia globularia'' Chamisso ex Besser
/ref>

References

globularia Flora of Alaska Flora of Yukon Flora of the Russian Far East Plants described in 1834 Taxa named by Edward Lee Greene Flora without expected TNC conservation status {{Anthemideae-stub