1	Leaves simple, undivided, entire or serrate.		(2)
+	Leaves shallowly to deeply, 1-3 times divided.		(3)
2 (1)	Leaves serrate with incurved gland tipped teeth, glabrous above, glandular hairy beneath.		13 Artemisia amygdalina
+	Leaves without serrations, glabrous on both sides.		2 Artemisia dracunculus
3 (1)	Disc-florets functionally male, with rudimentary ovaries; styles shorter than the corolla.		(4)
+	Disc-florets fertile, with well-developed ovaries, styles as long as or longer than the corolla.		(11)
4 (3)	Basal and lower stem leaves oblong-obovate to flabellate, mostly cuneate to incised dentate at the apices.		1 Artemisia japonica
+	Basal and lower stem leaves ovate-orbicular, or oblong-elliptic to broadly ovate, deeply dissected pinnately or palmately or upper leaves simple and occasionally lower 3-5-cleft.		(5)
5 (4)	Leaves, when undissected, or leaf segments usually more than (1-) 1.5 mm wide.		(6)
+	Leaf segments usually less than 1 mm wide.		(9)
6 (5)	Leaves mostly simple, entire, occasionally lower 3-5-cleft. Florets more than 20 per capitulum.		2 Artemisia dracunculus
+	Leaves twice or thrice pinnatipartite or pinnatisect. Florets less than 20 per capitulum.		(7)
7 (6)	Leaves with white dots on the upper surface, densely grayish hairy to glabrescent below, ultimate leaf segments 2 mm or more wide. Panicle 10 cm or more wide.		14 Artemisia dubia
+	Leaves not white-dotted on the upper surface, glabrous on both sides, ultimate leaf segments less than 2 mm wide.		(8)
8 (7)	Plants 50 – 80 (-90) cm tall. Capitula 2.5 – 3 mm long.		3 Artemisia desertorum
+	Plants 20 – 40 (-50) cm tall. Capitula 3 – 4 mm long, phyllaries glaucous.		4 Artemisia salsoloides
9 (5)	Annual or biennial herbs with procumbent to ascending , up to 20 (-30) cm tall stems. Panicle very narrowly pyramidate, c. 1.5 – 2 cm wide, with up to 4 cm long suberect branches.		5 Artemisia stricta
+	Biennial or perennial, with usually more than 30 cm tall stems. Panicle broadly pyramidate, with more than 5 cm long branches.		(10)
10 (9)	Leaf segments linear-lanceolate, 3 – 4 (-5) mm long, 0.5 – 1 mm wide.		6 Artemisia scoparia
+	Leaf segments filiform, 8 – 12 mm long, 0.3 – 0.5 mm wide.		7 Artemisia capillaris
11 (3)	Receptacle densely to obscurely hairy, sometimes glabrescent to glabrous.		(12)
+	Receptacle glabrous.		(17)
12 (11)	Plants more than 30 cm tall. Capitula numerous, in narrow to broadly pyramidate panicle.		(13)
+	Plants less than 30 cm tall. Capitula up to 30, in simple racemes.		(16)
13 (12)	Leaves triangular-ovate. Capitula 6 – 7 (-8) mm across.		8 Artemisia sieversiana
+	Leaves oblong-obovate or broadly ovate or oblong-ovate or orbicular to oblate or flabellate. Capitula 3-5 mm across.		(14)
14 (13)	Lower leaves with up to 1.5 cm long petioles; lamina oblong-obovate or orbicular to oblate or flabellate.		(15)
+	Lower leaves with more than 1.5 (up to 10) cm long petioles; lamina broadly ovate or oblong-ovate, with 2 – 4 mm broad ultimate segments.		10 Artemisia absinthium
15 (14)	Leaf blades orbicular to oblate or flabellate. Panicle oblong, 3-4 cm wide.		22 Artemisia rutifolia
+	Leaf blades oblong-obovate. Panicle ± oblong-pyramidate, 8 – 12 cm wide.		9 Artemisia persica
16 (12)	Leaf petioles 4 – 5 mm long. Leaf blades flabellate, 4 – 6 mm long, 6 – 8 mm wide. Peduncles long.		11 Artemisia minor
+	Leaf petioles 10 – 15 mm long. Leaf blades 10 – 15 mm long and broad. Peduncles very short.		12 Artemisia macrocephala
17 (11)	Ultimate leaf segments 2 mm or more wide.		(18)
+	Ultimate leaf segments less than 1.5 mm wide.		(22)
18 (17)	Panicle broadly pyramidate, usually 10 cm or more wide.		(19)
+	Panicle narrowly pyramidate, usually up to 10 cm or less wide.		(23)
19 (18)	Leaves with white dots on the upper surface.		14 Artemisia dubia
+	Leaves not white-dotted on the upper surface.		(20)
20 (19)	Capitula 3 – 4 x c. 2 mm, lax in almost leafless panicle. Phyllaries glabrous, externally shiny.		15 Artemisia elegantissima
+	Capitula 3 – 4 x c. 2 mm, dense and compact in leafy panicle. Phyllaries grayish-arachnoid hairy, externally not shiny.		16 Artemisia vulgaris
21	Panicle 5 – 10 cm broad, with obliquely patent to ascending, more than 4 cm long branches. Phyllaries glabrous.		17 Artemisia incisa
+	Panicle 2 – 3 cm broad, with 2.5 – 4 cm long, erect to ± patent branches. Phyllaries sparsely to densely arachnoid hairy outside.		(22)
22 (21)	Capitula 4 – 4.5 x 4 – 6 mm. Corolla of disc-florets apically sparsely hairy. Cypselas 1.75 – 2 mm long.		18 Artemisia moorcroftiana
+	Capitula 3 – 4 x 2 – 3 mm. Corolla of disc-florets completely glabrous. Cypselas c. 1.25 mm long.		19 Artemisia roxburghiana
23 (18)	Capitula sessile, approximate, erect, congested in oblong, 1.5 – 5 cm wide, strict, contracted panicle with closely ascending to erect-appressed spicate branches.		20 Artemisia biennis
+	Capitula shortly peduncled, lax, nodding in narrow to broadly pyramidate, more than 5 cm wide, lax panicle with spreading or ascending branches.		(24)
24 (23)	Annaul, simple, sparsely puberulous stemmed herb. Leaves glabrous on both sides.		21 Artemisia annua
+	Perennial, with several stems from the base. Leaves densely hairy on both sides or sparsely hairy to glabrous above and laxly to densely hairy beneath.		(25)
25 (24)	Leaves oblong-obovate or orbicular to oblate or flabellate, densely sericeous or grayish hairy on both sides. Disc-floret corollas long hairy at apices.		(26)
+	Leaves oblong-elliptic or oblong-ovate to broadly triangular-ovate, sparsely hairy or glabrous and green above with pitted glands, laxly to densely arachnoid hairy beneath. Disc-floret corollas not hairy at the apices.		(27)
26 (25)	Leaves oblong-obovate, grayish hairy, tripinnatisect with 1.5 – 2.5 mm long ultimate segments. Capitula 3 – 3.5 mm long and broad.		9 Artemisia persica
+	Leaves orbicular to oblate or flabellate, palmately bipinnatisect into 2 – 12 mm long ultimate segments. Capitula 3.5 – 5 mm long and broad.		22 Artemisia rutifolia
27 (25)	Leaves exauriculate at the base. Phyllaries almost glabrous.		23 Artemisia laciniata
+	Leaves auriculate at the base. Phyllaries strigose or sparsely hairy.		(28)
28 (27)	Lower leaves bipinnatisect. Capitula 2.5 – 3 mm across; outrmost phyllaries triangular-ovate, narrowly scarious margined, acute.		25 Artemisia gmelinii
+	Leaves narrowly tripinnatisect. Capitula 3 – 5 mm across; outermost phyllaries linear-oblong, not scarious-margined.		24 Artemisia santolinifolia