Artemisia campestris var. caudata (Michx.) E.J.Palmer & Steyerm.

PLANTS OF ILLINOIS, USA
Artemisia campestris L.

ssp. caudata (Michx.) Hall & Clements Asteraceae
Det.: S.R. Hill, (ILLS) 2007

LA SALLE COUNTY 41.33227 ° N. Lat., 088.86332 0
W. Long. T. 33N, R. 3E, NW1/4 Sect. 22 South Ottawa;
NW side Illinois Route 71,0.3-0.5 mile NE of N 2650th
Road, SE side of Illinois River opposite Mayo Island,
Ottawa 7.5 min. quadr. Coordinate Datum:
WGS84/NAD83. Elev. 480 ft. Well-drained silica
sand over St. Peters Sandstone.

Sand prairie on levels above steep sandstone bluffs, with
Dichanthelium, Sporobolus, Liatris, Selaginella
rupestris, Opuntia humifusa; bluffs with Thuja
occidentalis. Rather common short-lived perennial, pale
green, rosette gives rise to erect large inflorescence.

Steven R. Hill 37623

22 August 2007

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