Artemisia aleutica
| Artemisia aleutica | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Artemisia |
| Species: | A. aleutica |
| Binomial name | |
| Artemisia aleutica Hultén | |
Artemisia aleutica, the Aleutian wormwood, is a rare species of flowering plant endemic to Alaska.[1] It is known only from the western Aleutian Islands, where it is limited to Kiska and Hawadax Islands in the Rat Island group.[2][3]
Only 2 populations are known.[4]
References
- ↑ Hultén, Oskar Eric Gunnar 1939. Botaniska Notiser 1939(4): 829, figure 2
- ↑ Aleutian wormwood. Alaska Natural Heritage Program. University of Alaska, Anchorage.
- ↑ Flora of North America Vol. 19, 20 and 21 Page 505 Aleutian wormwood Artemisia aleutica Hultén
- ↑ Artemisia aleutica. NatureServe. 2012.
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