Asteraceae Fortnight Part 2-Discoid heads:: Artemisia for ID SMP12

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Satish Phadke

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Jun 10, 2013, 10:38:28 AM6/10/13
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This Artemisia plant was photographed in Sinhagad valley. It is commonly observed in western ghats.
Is it Artemisia nilagirica?
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This Artemisia plant was photographed in Sinhagad valley. It is commonly observed in western ghats.
Is it Artemisia nilagirica?
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I guess there is no match of  Artemisia nilagirica with this sp.
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J.M. Garg

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I guess there is no match of  Artemisia nilagirica with this sp.
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This Artemisia plant was photographed in Sinhagad valley. It is commonly observed in western ghats.
Is it Artemisia nilagirica?
Dr Satish Phadke

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J.M. Garg

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yes, it looks as Artemisia nilagirica
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May 16, 2021, 7:33:22 AM5/16/21
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will it match with Artemisia japonica Thunb.?
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No, looks different from images at Artemisia japonica
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Tabish

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Feb 12, 2023, 10:54:04 PM2/12/23
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Yes, this should be Artemisia nilagirica, which is quite a misidentified plant in India. The broad, toothed segments of the leaves are a clear signature. The more common plant with narrow, untoothed leaf segments is Artemisia dubia. In fact, all the plants listed on the eFI page for Artemisia nilagarica page should belong to Artemisia dubia. You can compare with the images of Artemisia dubia at POWO.
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J.M. Garg

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Thanks, Tabish ji, for the feedback.
But if you see, a lot of observations here (https://efloraofindia.com/2011/02/07/artemisia-nilagirica/) are from South India, where POWO does not give any distribution for A.dubia.


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Tabish

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Yes Garg ji,
  I believe that lack of reporting from south India may be due to widespread misidentification. If you closely follow the description & the few correct herbaria, you can see the difference. An example of correct representation of Artemisia nilagirica, will be the images by Sushant More on GBIF and iNaturalist:
In the description of Artemisia nilagirica on FOC, the leaves are supposed to have "...segments 1-3 pairs, ovate or oblong-ovate, usually 1- or 2-serrate, acuminate apically." The narrow, almost linear segments, of the leaves, which are untoothed, of other plants do not fit this description.
  This, coupled with the images of Artemisia dubia on POWO, in my opinion, makes a strong case for this view.
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Tabish

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Feb 14, 2023, 4:00:59 AM2/14/23
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Also check out this GBIF specimen of Artemisia nilagirica
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Thanks, Tabish ji.
If you check in GBIF, both types of specimens are available.
Keys between the two may help. 

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Tabish

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Garg ji,
   I did notice that there are a few other type of specimens too for Artemisia nilagirica at GBIF. However, I believe that those may be misidentifications.
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Here are the keys from BSI Flora of India:
3a. Outer florets female, fertile; disc florets sterile4
b. Outer female florets and disc florets all fertile9
4a. Perennial herbs5
b. Annual herbs8
5a. Heads secund; cauline leaves with stipule like appendages at the base16. Artemisia japonica
b. Heads not secund; cauline leaves without the appendages at the base6
6a. Leaves entire, weakly toothed; radical leaves 3-fid or absent8. Artemisia dracunculus
b. Leaves 2 - 3-pinnatisect or pinnatifid, only upper ones entire7
7a. Stems pale white; heads in simple or panicled racemes24. Artemisia salsoloides
b. Stems pale green, sometimes purple; heads solitary and distant or in cluster of 2-3-short forming panicled racemes9. Artemisia dubia
8a. Heads secund; involucral bracts glabrous; achenes narrowly obovate6. Artemisia capillaris
b. Heads not secund; involucral bracts hairy; achenes narrowly obconic27. Artemisia stricta
9a. Annual or biennial herbs10
b. Perennial herbs12
10a. Small herbs, ca 15-30 cm high; involucral bracts pubescent; heads rather large4. Artemisia biennis
b. Tall herbs, up to 1.2 m high; involucral bracts glabrous; heads small11
11a. Heads hemispheric, pedicelled, secund, drooping in axillary leafy racemes7. Artemisia caruifolia
b. Heads ovoid, erect in very dense axillary erect sessile, compound thyrsoid panicles30. Artemisia tournefortiana
12a. Heads usually small, 1.25-4 mm in diam., often in spreading panicled spikes or racemes13
b. Heads rather large 4-8 mm in diam. in simple, sparingly branched, erect axillary and terminal racemes27
13a. Leaves simple, lobed or serrate14
b. Leaves pinnatifid, pinnatisect of pinnati-partite15
14a. Hoary pubescent or tomentose herbs; leaves ovate-elliptic, lobed; heads ovoid21. Artemisia nilagirica



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And the comparative descriptions from BSI Flora of India:

 

Artemisia dubia

Artemisia nilagirica 

 

Herbs, erect, glabrous or puberulous to pubescent; stems pale green or sometimes purple, up to 40 cm high, grooved and ribbed. Radical leaves 3-fid or absent; cauline leaves 2 - 7 cm long; lower leaves 2 - 3-pinnatifid or partite; segments linear-lanceolate to lanceolate, upper narrowly lanceolate, entire, or pinnatisect to trifid acute, glabrous or adpressed puberulous to pubescent beneath; Heads green yellow, glabrous, shining, sessile or shortly peduncled, solitary and distant or in clusters of 2 - 3, forming panicled racemes or slender lax short racemes subglobose to globose-campanulate, ca 1.5 - 3 mm in diam. Outer involucral bracts pale white, oblong, obtuse with pale white to thick brown scarious margins, 1.5 - 3.5 mm long; inner broadly oblong, obtuse, almost hyaline or with narrow scarious margins, ca 2 - 2.5 mm long. Receptacle naked. Outer florets female, fertile ca 1 - 2 mm long. Disc florets hermaphrodite, sterile; bluntly tubular, attenuate, ca 1.5 - 3 mm long, simple or glandular, limb obscurely 5-lobed. Achenes not seen. 

Distrib.: India: W. Himalayas, between 2500-4500 m. Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh (var. dubia)
India: W. Himalayas, in drier parts, between 1500-4500 m. Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh (var. subdigitata)

Herbs, robust, more or less slender, hoary pubescent or tomentose, 1 - 1.5 m tall; stems paniculately branched, leafy. Leaves large, ovate-elliptic or prominently lobed, or incised laciniate, up to 18 x 18 cm, prominently nerved beneath, nerves and branches densely tomentose. Heads hermaphrodite, crowded or lax in large, lax or dense, sparsely leafy panicles, globose-campanulate, exceedingly tomentose. Disc florets small; corolla densely minutely glandular, tube gradually longitudinally narrowed from the 3/4 of the corolla, attenuate.










Distrib. 
India: Deccan Peninsula. Maharashtra (Bombay) (var. nilagirica forma nilagirica)

India: Deccan Peninsula, at 2500 m. Tamil Nadu (var. nilagirica var. forma: lobalata)
India: W. Himalayas, at 1500 m. Himachal Pradesh (Simla) (var. septentrionalis)

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J.M. Garg

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J.M. Garg

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And the comparative descriptions from Flora of China:

 

Artemisia dubia

Artemisia nilagirica 

 

Subshrubs, 80-120(-180) cm tall, much branched; branches 15-35 cm or more, usually flexuous, pubescent or glabrescent. Leaves shortly petiolate to almost sessile, abaxially grayish green arachnoid hairy to subglabrous, adaxially green and white dotted with or without sparse T-shaped hairs. Lowermost leaves ovate or oblong, 5-partite. Middle stem leaves ovate, 5-12 × 3-7(-9) cm, 5-partite; lobes elliptic, oblong-lanceolate, or lanceolate, 30-80 × 5-12 mm, base attenuate. Uppermost leaves ternate, 3-partite; leaflike bracts entire, elliptic-lanceolate or lanceolate. Synflorescence a narrow to broad panicle, 15-30 × 10-20 cm; primary branches ascending to ± patent (upper), to 25 × 2-3 cm. Capitula many, almost sessile. Involucre broadly ovoid or globose, 1.5-2 mm in diam.; outer phyllaries sparsely arachnoid hairy, green, apex acute. Florets 8-20, purplish. Marginal florets 6-8; corolla basally broadened, 2-toothed. Disk florets 2-12, male; corolla tube glandular, apex very sparsely hairy. Achenes brown, oblong or obovoid, 1.25-1.5 mm. Fl. and fr. Aug-Oct. 2n = 34, 54.

Distrib. Dry slopes, steppes, forest margins, roadsides; low elevations to 3500 m. S Gansu, Nei Mongol, W Sichuan, E Xizang, W Yunnan [Bhutan, India, Japan, Nepal, Thailand]. (var. dubia)
lopes, riverbanks, roadsides, valleys, canyons, forest margins; low elevations to 3000 m. C and S Gansu, NW Guangxi, Guizhou, Hebei, S Henan, W Hubei, S Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, W Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan [Bhutan, N India, Nepal]. (var. subdigitata)

Herbs, perennial, 20-60 cm tall, puberulent or glabrescent. Middle stem leaves ± sessile; leaf blade ovate or elliptic-ovate, 5-6 × 3-5 cm abaxially densely gray tomentose, pinnatifid; segments 1-3 pairs, ovate or oblong-ovate, usually 1- or 2-serrate, acuminate apically. Uppermost leaves and leaflike bracts oblong-ovate, few serrate. Synflorescence a broad panicle. Involucre ovoid or ovoid-campanulate, 1-2 mm in diam.; phyllaries puberulent. Marginal female florets 3 or 4. Disk florets 4-8, bisexual. Achenes obovoid. Fl. and fr. Aug-Oct. 2n = 18, 54.










Distrib. 
SW Sichuan, SE Xizang [N India, N Myanmar].

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