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 150 cm 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 (Pall.) H.M.Hall & Clem.
 * Artemisia campestris subsp. bottnica Lundstr. ex Kindb.
 * Artemisia campestris subsp. campestris
 * Artemisia campestris subsp. canadensis (Michx.) Scoggan
 * Artemisia campestris subsp. caudata (Michx.) H.M.Hall & Clem.
 * Artemisia campestris subsp. cinerea
 * Artemisia campestris subsp. glutinosa (Gay ex Bess.) Batt.
 * Artemisia campestris subsp. lednicensis (Spreng.) Greuter & Raab-Straube
 * Artemisia campestris subsp. pacifica H.M.Hall & Clem.
 * Artemisia campestris subsp. variabilis (Ten.) Greuter