Artemisia borealis

Artemisia borealis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asterales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Campanulids Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Asteroideae
Tribus: Anthemideae
Subtribus: Artemisiinae
Genus: Artemisia
Subgenus: Artemisia subg. Dracunculus
Species: Artemisia borealis

Name

Artemisia borealis Pall., Reise Russ. Reich. 3(2, App.): 755 (1776)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Absinthium boreale (Pall.) Bess.
  • Artemisia campestris var. borealis (Pall.) M.Peck in Man. Pl. Oregon: 768 (1941)
  • Oligosporus borealis (Pall.) Poljak.
  • Draconia campestris subsp. borealis (Pall.) J. Soják
• Heterotypic
  • Artemisia allionii Nym.
  • Artemisia ambigua Thunb.
  • Artemisia bocconi All.
  • Artemisia borealis var. adamsii (Bess.) T.G. Leonova
  • Artemisia borealis var. alluvialis A.A. Korobkov
  • Artemisia borealis var. ammophila A.A. Korobkov
  • Artemisia borealis f. latisecta (Fern.) J.Rousseau
  • Artemisia borealis var. latisecta Fern.
  • Artemisia borealis var. purshii (Bess. ex Hook.) Cronq.
  • Artemisia borealis subsp. purshii (Besser ex Hook) Hultén
  • Artemisia borealis f. purshii (Besser ex Hook) J.Rousseau
  • Artemisia borealis var. wormskioldii (Bess.) Cronq.
  • Artemisia campestris var. purshii Besser
  • Artemisia campestris var. spithamaea (Pursh) M. Peck
  • Artemisia camtschatica Schltdl. ex Ledeb.
  • Artemisia gelida Ledeb.
  • Artemisia helvetica Schleich.
  • Artemisia nana Gaudin
  • Artemisia norica Leyb.
  • Artemisia pallasii Willd. ex Spreng.
  • Artemisia peucedanifolia Juss. ex DC.
  • Artemisia purshiana Besser
  • Artemisia ripicola Rydb.
  • Artemisia spithamaea Pursh
  • Artemisia stelleri Stev. ex Ledeb.
  • Artemisia vermiculata Schang. ex DC.
  • Artemisia violacea Ledeb.
  • Oligosporus groenlandicus (Hornem.) A. Love & D. Love
  • Oligosporus nanus (Gaudin) Poljakov
  • Oligosporus peucedanifolius (Juss. ex DC.) Poljakov

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe France, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, N-European Russia (incl. Novaya Zemlya & Franz Josef Land) Continental: Asia Siberia, Siberia (W-Siberia, C-Siberia), Russian Far East, Mongolia Continental: Northern America Canada (Alberta, British Columbia, N.W.T., Nunavut, Saskatchewan, Yukon), Alaska, USA (California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Washington, Wyoming) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Pallas, P.S. 1776. Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des russischen Reichs. 3(2) Reise aus Sibirien zurück an die Wolga im 1773sten Jahr. pp. 458–760. St. Petersburg: Kayserl. Akademie der Wissenschaften. Göttinger Digitalisierungszentrum Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Artemisia borealis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Nov. 16. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2017. Artemisia borealis. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 16 2017. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2025. Artemisia borealis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 6 Nov. 2025. Reference page.
• Hassler, M. 2017. Artemisia borealis. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2017. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2017 Nov 16. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Boreal Sage

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