Artemisia japonica var. rotundifolia Debeaux, Actes Soc. Linn. Bordeaux 31: 220. 1877; A. japonica subf. elata Pampanini; A. japonica f. rotundifolia (Debeaux) Franchet; A. rotundifolia (Debeaux) Krascheninnikov.

Stem 50-80 cm tall. Leaves papery, basal leaves suborbicular or obovate-attenuate, entire, cleft, or partite apically. Synflorescence a broad, much-branched panicle.

● Waste areas, roadsides, slopes. Hebei, N Jiangsu, Shandong.