About Artemisia nova A.Nelson
Artemisia nova A.Nelson is a small, erect shrub that grows upright stems branching from a central trunk-like base. It usually reaches 20 to 30 centimeters tall, though it can sometimes grow over 70 centimeters in height. Its aromatic leaves are green, short, and narrow, and sometimes have teeth along the tip. This species can often be told apart from similar related species by the glandular hairs on its leaves. Its inflorescence holds clusters of flower heads, lined with shiny, oily, yellow-green phyllaries that have transparent tips. The fruit is a tiny achene, growing up to one millimeter long. The plant reproduces from seed; vegetative reproduction via layering only occurs in very rare cases. Artemisia nova is native to a range extending from the mountains of the Mojave Desert in southern California and the Great Basin of Nevada and Utah, north to Oregon, Idaho and Montana, east to Wyoming and Colorado, and south to Arizona and northwestern New Mexico. It grows in forest, woodland, and grassland habitats, most often on calcareous soils.
