沙蒿(原变种) sha hao (yuan bian zhong)

Artemisia desertorum f. latifolia Pampanini, p.p.; A. desertorum var. sprengeliana Besser; A. desertorum var. willdenowiana Mattfeld; A. japonica Thunberg var. desertorum (Sprengel) Maximowicz; Oligosporus desertorum (Sprengel) Poljakov.

Plants 50-70(-90) cm tall. Basal leaves ovate, 2-3 cm, 2-pinnatipartite; lobules elliptic or ovate-elliptic. Involucre 2.5-3 mm in diam.

Steppes, meadows, forest steppes, alpine steppes, waste areas, rocky slopes, dry valleys, riverbanks, forest margins, roadsides; low elevations to 4000 m. Gansu, Guizhou, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Sichuan, Xinjiang, Xizang, Yunnan [N India, Japan, Korea, Mongolia, N Pakistan, E Russia].