And the comparative descriptions from BSI Flora of India:
Artemisia dubia <https://efloraindia.bsi.gov.in/eFlora/taxonList.action?id=5044&type=4> Artemisia nilagirica <https://efloraindia.bsi.gov.in/eFlora/taxonList.action?id=5057&type=4> 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. *septentrionali*s) On Sun, 19 Feb 2023 at 13:26, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Here are the keys from BSI Flora of India > <https://efloraindia.bsi.gov.in/eFlora/taxonList.action?id=4526&type=3>: > 3a. Outer florets female, fertile; disc florets sterile *4* > b. Outer female florets and disc florets all fertile *9* > 4a. Perennial herbs *5* > b. Annual herbs *8* > 5a. Heads secund; cauline leaves with stipule like appendages at the base > 16. *Artemisia japonica > <https://efloraindia.bsi.gov.in/eFlora/taxonList.action?id=5052&type=4>* > b. Heads not secund; cauline leaves without the appendages at the base *6* > 6a. Leaves entire, weakly toothed; radical leaves 3-fid or absent 8. > *Artemisia > dracunculus > <https://efloraindia.bsi.gov.in/eFlora/taxonList.action?id=5043&type=4>* > b. Leaves 2 - 3-pinnatisect or pinnatifid, only upper ones entire *7* > 7a. Stems pale white; heads in simple or panicled racemes 24. *Artemisia > salsoloides > <https://efloraindia.bsi.gov.in/eFlora/taxonList.action?id=5060&type=4>* > b. Stems pale green, sometimes purple; heads solitary and distant or in > cluster of 2-3-short forming panicled racemes 9. *Artemisia dubia > <https://efloraindia.bsi.gov.in/eFlora/taxonList.action?id=5044&type=4>* > 8a. Heads secund; involucral bracts glabrous; achenes narrowly obovate 6. > *Artemisia > capillaris > <https://efloraindia.bsi.gov.in/eFlora/taxonList.action?id=5041&type=4>* > b. Heads not secund; involucral bracts hairy; achenes narrowly obconic > 27. *Artemisia stricta > <https://efloraindia.bsi.gov.in/eFlora/taxonList.action?id=5063&type=4>* > 9a. Annual or biennial herbs *10* > b. Perennial herbs *12* > 10a. Small herbs, ca 15-30 cm high; involucral bracts pubescent; heads > rather large 4. *Artemisia biennis > <https://efloraindia.bsi.gov.in/eFlora/taxonList.action?id=5039&type=4>* > b. Tall herbs, up to 1.2 m high; involucral bracts glabrous; heads small > *11* > 11a. Heads hemispheric, pedicelled, secund, drooping in axillary leafy > racemes 7. *Artemisia caruifolia > <https://efloraindia.bsi.gov.in/eFlora/taxonList.action?id=5042&type=4>* > b. Heads ovoid, erect in very dense axillary erect sessile, compound > thyrsoid panicles 30. *Artemisia tournefortiana > <https://efloraindia.bsi.gov.in/eFlora/taxonList.action?id=5066&type=4>* > 12a. Heads usually small, 1.25-4 mm in diam., often in spreading panicled > spikes or racemes *13* > b. Heads rather large 4-8 mm in diam. in simple, sparingly branched, erect > axillary and terminal racemes *27* > 13a. Leaves simple, lobed or serrate *14* > b. Leaves pinnatifid, pinnatisect of pinnati-partite *15* > 14a. Hoary pubescent or tomentose herbs; leaves ovate-elliptic, lobed; > heads ovoid 21. *Artemisia nilagirica > <https://efloraindia.bsi.gov.in/eFlora/taxonList.action?id=5057&type=4>* > > > > On Fri, 17 Feb 2023 at 16:26, Tabish <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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. >> Tabish >> ------------------------------------------- >> <http://www.flowersofindia.net>www.flowersofindia.net >> The waterhole of flower lovers >> >> >> On Fri, Feb 17, 2023 at 10:35 AM J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Thanks, Tabish ji. >>> If you check in GBIF >>> <https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/gallery?taxon_key=3120735>, both types >>> of specimens are available. >>> Keys between the two may help. >>> >>> >>> On Tue, 14 Feb 2023 at 14:30, Tabish <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Also check out this GBIF specimen of Artemisia nilagirica >>>> https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/2610917440 >>>> Tabish >>>> ------------------------------------------- >>>> <http://www.flowersofindia.net>www.flowersofindia.net >>>> The waterhole of flower lovers >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Feb 14, 2023 at 2:24 PM Tabish <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> 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: >>>>> https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/3017958685 >>>>> https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/67413716 >>>>> In the description of Artemisia nilagirica on FOC >>>>> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200023284>, >>>>> 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. >>>>> Tabish >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, 14 Feb, 2023, 1:24 PM J.M. Garg, <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> 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 >>>>>> <https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60475130-2> >>>>>> does not give any distribution for A.dubia. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Mon, 13 Feb 2023 at 09:24, Tabish <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> 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 >>>>>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/ar/asteraceae/asteroideae/anthemideae/artemisia/artemisia-nilagirica> >>>>>>> page should belong to *Artemisia dubia*. You can compare with the >>>>>>> images of Artemisia dubia at POWO >>>>>>> <https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60475130-2> >>>>>>> . >>>>>>> Tabish >>>>>>> On Monday, June 10, 2013 at 8:08:28 PM UTC+5:30 Satish Phadke wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> This *Artemisia *plant was photographed in Sinhagad valley. It is >>>>>>>> commonly observed in western ghats. >>>>>>>> Is it *Artemisia nilagirica*? >>>>>>>> Dr Satish Phadke >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>> Groups "eFloraofIndia" group. >>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>>>>>> send an email to [email protected]. >>>>>>> To view this discussion on the web, visit >>>>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/4bb89cb0-7b36-45e0-ab72-33e45f3111a5n%40googlegroups.com >>>>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/4bb89cb0-7b36-45e0-ab72-33e45f3111a5n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>>>> . >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> With regards, >>>>>> J.M.Garg >>>>>> >>>>> >>> >>> -- >>> With regards, >>> J.M.Garg >>> >> > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > -- With regards, J.M.Garg -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "eFloraofIndia" group. 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