Field Wormwood

Artemisia campestris

''Artemisia campestris'' is a common and widespread species of plants in the sunflower family, Asteraceae. It is native to a wide region of Eurasia and North America. Common names include field wormwood, beach wormwood, northern wormwood, Breckland wormwood boreal wormwood, Canadian wormwood, field sagewort and field mugwort.
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Appearance

''Artemisia campestris'' is a branching, aromatic plant up to 150 cm tall. It grows in open sites on dry sandy soils, in steppes, rocky slopes, and waste areas.
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Naming

Subspecies:
⤷ ''Artemisia campestris'' subsp. ''alpina'' Arcang. - central Europe
⤷ ''Artemisia campestris'' subsp. ''borealis'' H.M.Hall & Clem. - northern + central Europe - northern North America
⤷ ''Artemisia campestris'' subsp. ''bothnica'' - Eurasia
⤷ ''Artemisia campestris'' subsp. ''bottnica'' Lundstr. ex Kindb. - Eurasia
⤷ ''Artemisia campestris'' subsp. ''campestris'' - Eurasia
⤷ ''Artemisia campestris'' subsp. ''canadensis'' Scoggan - Greenland, Canada, Maine
⤷ ''Artemisia campestris'' subsp. ''caudata'' H.M.Hall & Clem. - central Canada, eastern + central United States
⤷ ''Artemisia campestris'' subsp. ''glutinosa'' Batt.
⤷ ''Artemisia campestris'' subsp. ''inodora'' Nyman
⤷ ''Artemisia campestris'' subsp. ''lednicensis'' Greuter & Raab-Straube
⤷ ''Artemisia campestris'' subsp. ''maritima'' Arcang.
⤷ ''Artemisia campestris'' subsp. ''pacifica'' H.M.Hall & Clem. - western North America
⤷ ''Artemisia campestris'' subsp. ''variabilis'' Greuter

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Taxonomy
KingdomPlantae
DivisionAngiosperms
ClassEudicots
OrderAsterales
FamilyAsteraceae
GenusArtemisia
SpeciesA. campestris
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United States of America