Artemisia campestris


Artemisia campestris is a common and widespread species of plants in the sunflower family, Asteraceae. It is native to a wide region of Eurasia and North America. Common names include field wormwood, beach wormwood, northern wormwood, Breckland wormwood, boreal wormwood, Canadian wormwood, field sagewort and field mugwort.
Artemisia campestris is a branching, aromatic plant up to tall. It grows in open sites on dry sandy soils, in steppes, rocky slopes, and waste areas.

Subspecies

The following subspecies are accepted:
  • Artemisia campestris subsp. borealis H.M.Hall & Clem.
  • Artemisia campestris subsp. bottnica Lundstr. ex Kindb.
  • Artemisia campestris subsp. campestris
  • Artemisia campestris subsp. canadensis Scoggan
  • Artemisia campestris subsp. caudata H.M.Hall & Clem.
  • Artemisia campestris subsp. cinerea
  • Artemisia campestris subsp. glutinosa Batt.
  • Artemisia campestris subsp. lednicensis Greuter & Raab-Straube
  • Artemisia campestris subsp. pacifica H.M.Hall & Clem.
  • Artemisia campestris subsp. variabilis Greuter