Artemisia aleutica

Artemisia aleutica

Critically Imperiled  (NatureServe)
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

  1. Hultén, Oskar Eric Gunnar 1939. Botaniska Notiser 1939(4): 829, figure 2
  2. Aleutian wormwood. Alaska Natural Heritage Program. University of Alaska, Anchorage.
  3. Flora of North America Vol. 19, 20 and 21 Page 505 Aleutian wormwood Artemisia aleutica Hultén
  4. Artemisia aleutica. NatureServe. 2012.

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