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Artemisia lindleyana Besser
Columbia River mugwort (Columbia River wormwood)
Asteraceae (Aster family)

Introduction to Vascular Plants

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Species Information

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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.

Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

Habitat / 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.

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)
Site Information
 Value / Class

Minimum

Average

Maximum
Elevation (metres) 1265 1265 1265
Slope Gradient (%) 0 0 0
Aspect (degrees)
[0 - N; 90 - E; 180 - S; 270 - W] 		0
Soil Moisture Regime (SMR)
[0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic;
8 - hydric] 		5 5 5
Modal Nutrient Regime
Class		 B
Number 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)

Climate

The climate type for this species, as reported in the: "British Columbia plant species codes and selected attributes. Version 6 Database" (Meidinger et al. 2008), is not evaluated, unknown or variable.

Synonyms and Alternate Names

Artemisia prescottiana Besser

Taxonomic and Nomenclatural Links

Flora North America treatment for Asteraceae
Genetic information (NCBI Taxonomy Database)
 International Plant Names Index
 Taxonomic Information from the World Flora Online
 Integrated Taxonomic Information System

Additional Photo Sources

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UT Austin's Native Plant Database
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General References

Google Scholar Search
Family References
 General Botanical References for BC
Recommended citation: Author, Date. Page title. In Klinkenberg, Brian. (Editor) 2020. E-Flora BC: Electronic Atlas of the Plants of British Columbia [eflora.bc.ca]. Lab for Advanced Spatial Analysis, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver. [Accessed: 2024-05-21 1:23:23 PM ]
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