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CUDWEED SAGEWORT 



Artemi'sia gnaphalo'des 1 



Flower heads small, numerous, dense- 

 ly white-hairy, borne in elongated, 

 dense, leafy end clusters (panicles) 



Bracts in a series (involucre) around 

 the flower head; outer bracts short, 

 densely white-hairy; inner bracts 

 densely white-hairy on back, smooth 

 within 



Outer (''ray_") flowers of head not 

 petal-like as in real ray flowers, slender- 

 tnbular, irregularly 2- to 4-toothed, 

 female, seed-producing 



Inner (disk) flowers of head tubular- 

 funnelform, regularly 5-toothed, per- 

 fect, seed-producing 



"Seeds" (achenes) small, ellipsoid, 

 hairless, without ribs or angles 



Leaves alternate, 1 to 4 in. long, up 

 to \Yt in. wide, reverse-lance-shaped to 

 linear, permanently and equally dense- 

 white-hairy on both sides; lower leaves 

 mostly entire, sometimes varyingly 

 toothed or lobed; upper leaves smaller, 

 entire 



Stems herbaceous, 1 to about 3 ft. 

 .high, erect, densely white-woolly-hairy 



Rootstocks perennial, numerous,, 

 creeping underground 



Roots deep, numerous; larger roots 

 somewhat woody 



1 Synonyms : A. al'bula, A, 'britto'nil, A. diver sifo'lia, A. purshia'na, A. rhizo'mata, 

 A. vulga'ris gnaphalo'des. 



