林艾蒿 lin ai hao

Artemisia vulgaris Linnaeus var. viridissima Komarov, Fl. Manshur. 3: 673. 1907; A. viridissima var. japonica Pampanini.

Herbs, perennial, 80-140 cm tall, with capitate branches. Leaves puberulent or glabrescent, ± sessile. Lowermost and middle stem leaves elliptic-lanceolate or lanceolate, 8-13 × 2-3 cm, base attenuate, margin serrulate, apex acuminate. Uppermost leaves and leaflike bracts elliptic or linear-lanceolate. Synflorescence a narrow panicle. Involucre ovoid or ovoid-campanulate, 2-3 mm in diam. Marginal female florets 3-5. Disk florets 8-12, bisexual. Achenes obovoid or ovoid. Fl. and fr. Jul-Oct.

Forest margins, roadsides; 1400-1700 m. Jilin, Liaoning [Korea].