Artemisia subdigitata Mattfeld, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 22: 243. 1926; A. cannabina Jacquemont ex Besser; A. desertorum Sprengel var. jacquemontiana (Besser) Candolle; A. dracunculus var. inodora Besser, p.p.; A. dracunculus f. pinnata Besser ex Pampanini; A. dracunculus var. subdigitata (Mattfeld) Pampanini; A. jacquemontiana Besser; A. subdigitata var. falciloba Mattfeld; A. subdigitata var. intermedia Kitagawa; Oligosporus jacquemontianus (Besser) Poljakov.

Leaf blades abaxially glabrescent.

Artemisia wulingschanensis Bar. et Skv. (Liou, Clav. Pl. Chin. Bor.-Orient. 393. 1959) belongs here but was not validly published because no Latin description or diagnosis, or reference to such, was provided (Vienna Code, Art. 36.1).

Slopes, riverbanks, roadsides, valleys, canyons, forest margins; low elevations to 3000 m. C and S Gansu, NW Guangxi, Guizhou, Hebei, S Henan, W Hubei, S Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, W Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan [Bhutan, N India, Nepal].