北艾(原变种) bei ai (yuan bian zhong)

Artemisia samamisica Besser; A. superba Pampanini; A. vulgaris var. coarctica Forbes ex Besser, p.p.; A. vulgaris var. latifolia Fischer ex Besser; A. vulgaris var. vulgatissima Besser, p.p.

Plants usually 100-160 cm tall. Middle stem leaves elliptic or ovate-elliptic, 1- or 2-pinnatipartite or -sect. Synflorescence a dense, narrow panicle.

Roadsides, slopes, canyons, forest margins, forest steppes, subalpine steppes; 1500-2100 m. W Gansu, Qinghai, Shaanxi (Qinling), W Sichuan, Xinjiang [Afghanistan, Japan, Mongolia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Russia, N Thailand, N Vietnam; Africa, SW Asia (Iran), Europe, North America].