And the comparative descriptions from Flora of China:
Artemisia dubia <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200023206> Artemisia nilagirica <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200023284> *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. 2*n* = 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. 2*n* = 18, 54. *Distrib. *SW Sichuan, SE Xizang [N India, N Myanmar]. On Sun, 19 Feb 2023 at 13:48, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Further description from Flora of China can also be checked: > http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200023284 > http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200023206 > > > > On Sun, 19 Feb 2023 at 13:47, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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 >> > > > -- > 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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