Artemisia campestris is a common and widespread species of plants in the sunflower family, Asteraceae. It is native to a wide region of Eurasia and North America. Common names include field wormwood, beach wormwood, northern wormwood,Second alternative name Breckland wormwood, boreal wormwood, Canadian wormwood, field sagewort and field mugwort.Altervista Flora Italiana, Assenzio di campo, Artemisia campestris L.
Artemisia campestris is a branching, aromatic plant up to tall. It grows in open sites on dry sandy soils, in steppes, rocky slopes, and waste areas.
Subspecies The following subspecies are accepted: Artemisia campestris subsp. borealis (Pall.) H.M.Hall & Clem. Artemisia campestris subsp. bottnica Lundstr. ex Kindb. Artemisia campestris subsp. campestris Artemisia campestris subsp. canadensis (Michx.) Scoggan Artemisia campestris subsp. caudata (Michx.) H.M.Hall & Clem. Artemisia campestris subsp. cinerea Artemisia campestris subsp. glutinosa (Gay ex Bess.) Batt. Artemisia campestris subsp. lednicensis (Spreng.) Greuter & Raab-Straube Artemisia campestris subsp. pacifica H.M.Hall & Clem. Artemisia campestris subsp. variabilis (Ten.) Greuter
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LuontoPortti Naturegate Tree of Life On-line Atlas of the British & Irish Flora Electronic Atlas of the Flora of British Columbia Pollen Library