''Artemisia senjavinensis'', the arctic wormwood, is a rare

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species of plants in the sunflower family. It has been found only on the

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on the

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n side of the Bering Strait and on the Chukotka ( Chukchi) Peninsula on the

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n side.Flora of North America, ''Artemisia senjavinensis'' Besser, Nouv. Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou. 3: 35. 1834
/ref>Pan-arctic Flora, 862216 Artemisia senjavinensis Besser
/ref> ''Artemisia senjavinensis'' is a shrub up to 90 cm (3 feet) tall, with many stems densely clumped together. Leaves are gray-green, woolly, mostly in rosettes close to the ground. There are many small yellow or tan flower heads. The species grows at low elevations near the shore.

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senjavinensis Flora of Alaska Flora of the Russian Far East Plants described in 1836 Taxa named by Wilibald Swibert Joseph Gottlieb von Besser Flora without expected TNC conservation status {{Asteroideae-stub