Artemisia laciniatiformis Komarov; A. macrobotrys Ledebour

Stems 20–50 cm, hairy. Leaves mostly cauline, blades 5–20 × 1–2 cm, sparsely hairy. Heads in arrays 8–18 × 1–4 cm. Involucres 3–5 × 4–8 mm. Corollas yellowish, 1–1.5 mm. Cypselae 0.5–1 mm . 2n = 18.

Flowering mid–late summer. Dry, gravelly stream banks, grassy flats, forested areas, dry hillsides; 100–1500 m; Yukon; Alaska; Eurasia.

Widely distributed in Eurasia and often confused with Artemisia norvegica, A. laciniata subsp. laciniata can be distinguished by its well-developed basal leaves and smaller heads.