Artemisia dracunculus L.
Publ. & Syn.Clarke, Compos. Ind.: 162 (1876). - Artemisia vulgaris taxon leucophylla Turcz. ex Besser, Nouv. Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 3: 54 (1834). Described from "in glareosis ad lacum Kossogol [lake Khubsugul] Ircut." (Mongolia).
NotesArtemisia dracunculus also reaches Alaska and the Yukon Territory but not the Arctic.
Chromosomes18 (2x). - Siberia, Asia (SC), North America. - Several reports.
Native plants seem to be diploid. Two other chromosome numbers are reported for cultivated Tarragon: 2n = 36 (4x) for 'French Tarragon' and 2n = 90 (10x) for 'Russian Tarragon' (Rousi 1969). Kawatani and Ohno (1964) reported the numbers 2n = 18, 36, 54, and 72 for the species.
GeographyEuropean - Asian & North American (W): SIB RFE.
Distribution N = F     AO = r     E = R     YK = r     CW = r     Tm = r     [ key ]
Parent taxonArtemisia L.
PAF ID862224
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Panarctic Flora Editor-in-Chief: Reidar Elven (Natural History Museum, University of Oslo)
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