南牡蒿(原变种) nan mu hao (yuan bian zhong)

Artemisia capillaris Thunberg f. grandiflora Pampanini; A. capillaris var. grandiflora (Pampanini) Pampanini; A. desertorum Sprengel f. latifolia Pampanini, p.p.; A. japonica Thunberg f. eriopoda (Bunge) Pampanini; A. japonica var. eriopoda (Bunge) Komarov; A. pubescens Ledebour subsp. eriopoda (Bunge) Kitamura.

Stem more than (40-)50 cm tall. Leaves papery, basal leaves broadly ovate to obovate, 1- or 2-pinnatisect, distal lobe larger than laterals, lobes serrate. Synflorescence a broad, much-branched panicle.

Forest margins, roadsides, grasslands, shrublands, canyons, forest steppes, steppes; low elevations to 1500 m. Anhui, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, S Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, N Yunnan [Japan, Korea, E Mongolia].