Artemisia gmelinii

Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Artemisia sacrorum, Ledeb. Annual or biennial, shrubby below: Lvs. long-petioled, ovate, pinnatisect and the segms. again pectinate, hoary or white-pubescent, the rachis winged: fls. 15-20 in the head, the heads nodding and in separate slender racemes. S. Russia, Siberia, etc. Var. viride, Hort., with green foliage, is the attractive Summer Fir recently intro., grown as an annual for its neat pyramidal form (3-5 ft.) and much dissected rich green foliage. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.