Artemisia princeps Pampanini f. dentata Pampanini; A. princeps f. dissecta Pampanini; A. princeps subf. purpurascens Pampanini.

Subshrubs, 60-120(-150) cm tall, gray tomentose or later sparsely tomentose. Middle stem leaves: petiole 5-15 mm; leaf blade ovate or broadly ovate, 6-12 × 4-10 cm, abaxially densely tomentose, adaxially gray tomentose or glabrescent, 1- or 2-pinnatipartite; segments 2 or 3 pairs, elliptic or oblong, 3-5(-6) × 2-3 cm; lobules (2 or)3(or 4) pairs, apex mucronulate. Uppermost leaves 3-partite or entire; leaflike bracts elliptic, entire. Synflorescence a ± broad panicle. Involucre ellipsoid or ovoid, 2.5-3.5 mm in diam.; phyllaries gray arachnoid tomentose. Marginal female florets 5-8. Disk florets 7-14, bisexual. Achenes oblong. Fl. and fr. Aug-Nov.

● Slopes, forest margins, steppes, shrublands, roadsides; below 100 m. Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Jilin, Liaoning, E and S Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi.