General:
Perennial herb from a taproot, which becomes finely divided, or a cluster of short roots; stems erect, clustered, becoming shrubby at the base, 20-70 cm tall.
Leaves:
Deciduous at the base, main stem leaves with dense, white-matted hairs below, green and glabrate above, linear-oblanceolate, usually with a few teeth or narrow divisions towards the tip or sometimes entire, especially above, 2-5 cm long, 1-10 mm wide.
Flowers:
Heads disciform, numerous in a narrow inflorescence; involucres bell-shaped, 3 mm tall; involucral bracts linear-lanceolate to lanceolate, with sparse to dense white-matted hairs; receptacles glabrous; female flowers 5-9; disk flowers 10-30.
Fruits:
Achenes glabrous.
If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.
Illustration Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia
Site Information |
Value / Class |
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Avg |
Min |
Max |
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Elevation
(metres) |
1265 | 1265 | 1265 |
Slope
Gradient (%) |
0 | 0 | 0 |
Aspect (degrees) |
0 | ||
Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
5 | 5 | 5 |
Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
B | ||
#
of field plots species was recorded in: |
1 | ||
Modal
BEC Zone Class |
SWB | ||
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
SWB(1) | ||
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
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Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Artemisia prescottiana Besser