''Artemisia serrata'' is a
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 in the
sunflower family, with the common name serrate-leaved sage
[ or saw-tooth wormwood. It is native to the north-central part of the United States ( Iowa, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, with isolated populations in New York State).][Gleason, H. A. & A.J. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of the Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada (ed. 2) i–910. New York Botanical Garden, Bronx.]
Description
''Artemisia serrata'' is a perennial occasionally reaching a height of 300 cm (10 feet). It has up to 5 stems and bicolor leaves (white and green). It 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 ...
. The species tends to grow in grasslands and barren areas on high plateaus.[Flora of North America, Serrate-leaved sage, ''Artemisia serrata'' Nuttall, Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 142. 1818. ]
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References
External links
Wisconsin Plants, Wisconsin State Herbarium
serrata
Flora of the Northern United States
Plants described in 1818
Perennial plants
Flora of the United States
Flora of Northern America
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