Artemisia lindleyana Besser
Columbia River mugwort (Columbia River wormwood)
Asteraceae (Aster family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Columbia River mugwort (Columbia River wormwood)
Asteraceae (Aster family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Species Information
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.
Illustration
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
Ecology
Ecological Framework for Artemisia lindleyana
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
| Site Information |
Value / Class |
||
|
Avg |
Min |
Max |
|
| 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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Habitat and Range
Wet to moist sandy or gravelly sites below high water level along rivers and lakeshores in the steppe and lower montane zones; infrequent in SC and SE BC; S to WA, ID and MT.Status Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Artemisia prescottiana Besser