Artemisia aleutica
Appearance
Artemisia aleutica | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Artemisia |
Species: | A. aleutica
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Binomial name | |
Artemisia aleutica |
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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