© Alfred Cook (Photo ID #8321)
General:
Perennial subshrub from a stout woody base; stems prostrate or ascending, clustered, white-woolly, 15-60 cm tall.
Leaves:
Stem leaves woolly above and below, sometimes greenish above, stalked, once to more commonly 3-parted, the segments oblong to broadly linear, 0.6-3.0 mm wide, 2-7 mm long, becoming reduced and entire upwards.
Flowers:
Heads disciform, numerous in a branched or narrow inflorescence; involucres hemispheric, 3.5-5.0 mm tall; involucral bracts with matted, woolly hairs and conspicuous brownish, thin, dry, papery margins; receptacles glabrous; female flowers fertile; disk flowers fertile.
Fruits:
Achenes glabrous.
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Illustration Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Artemisia tyrellii Rydb.