白莲蒿(原变种) bai lian hao (yuan bian zhong)

Artemisia gmelinii var. intermedia (Ledebour) Krascheninnikov; A. gmelinii var. legitima Besser; A. iwayomogi Kitamura; A. messerschmidiana Besser f. laxiflora Nakai; A. messerschmidiana var. viridis Besser; A. sacrorum Ledebour; A. sacrorum f. intermedia (Ledebour) Pampanini; A. sacrorum subsp. intermedia (Ledebour) Kitamura; A. sacrorum var. intermedia Ledebour; A. sacrorum var. laciniiformis Nakai; A. sacrorum var. latiloba Ledebour; A. sacrorum subf. laxiflora (Nakai) Pampanini; A. sacrorum subsp. laxiflora (Nakai) Kitagawa; A. vestita Wallich ex Besser var. viridis (Besser) Wang & H. T. Ho ex H. C. Fu.

Leaves 2- or 3-pinnatisect, both surfaces gray pubescent, later glabrescent.

Hills, waysides, shrublands, slopes, often dominant on S slopes, roadsides, forest steppes; 1500-4900 m. Anhui, Gansu, Guangdong, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Jiangsu, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Sichuan, Xinjiang, Xizang [Afghanistan, N India, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Nepal, N Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan].