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 ILPIN INFORMATION ON    Artemisia ludoviciana gnaphalodes
 
 
 CLASS:    DICOTYLEDENAE
 ORDER:    ASTERALES
 FAMILY:   ASTERACEAE
 SCIENTIFIC NAME:  Artemisia ludoviciana gnaphalodes
 AUTHORITY:  Nutt.
 
 COMMON NAMES:
 NO SELECTED RECORDS IN THE SPECIFIED RANGE
 
 SYNONOMY:
     Artemisia gnaphalodes Nutt.
 
 PLANTS CODE: ARGN
 
 NATURAL COMMUNITIES:
     PRAIRIE
       TYPICAL PRAIRIE
         DRY
     CULTURAL
       DEVELOPED LAND
 
 
 SAF FOREST COVER TYPE:
     NO
 
 NATURAL DIVISION:  UNAVAILABLE
 
 COUNTIES:
   BOONE           CARROLL         CASS            CHAMPAIGN       CLARK
   COOK            CRAWFORD        DEKALB          DUPAGE          EDGAR
   FAYETTE         FULTON          GRUNDY          HANCOCK         HENRY
   JACKSON         JO DAVIESS      KANE            KANKAKEE        KENDALL
   KNOX            LAKE            LASALLE         LEE             MCHENRY
   MCLEAN          MASON           MORGAN          OGLE            PEORIA
   POPE            PUTNAM          ROCK ISLAND     ST. CLAIR       SANGAMON
   SCHUYLER        SCOTT           STEPHENSON      WHITESIDE       WILL
   WILLIAMSON      WINNEBAGO
 
 GROWTH FORM:  Dicot-herb
 
 TAXONOMY COMMENTS:
     A. ludoviciana subspecies albula.  (Wooton) D. Keck.-These 2 names have been
     used for the same plant.
 
 TAXONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS:
    ROOTS:  Adventitious   (rhizomes)
    LEAF ARRANGEMENT:   Alternate
    LEAF TYPE:   Simple
    LEAF MARGIN:   Entire   Serrate
    LEAF VENATION:  Pinnate
    LEAF SHAPE:     Oblong   Lanceolate   Ovate
    INFLORESCENCE:   Head
    FLOWER STRUCTURE:   Incomplete   Regular
    FLOWER PLACEMENT:  Epigynous
    FRUIT:   Achene
 
 DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTIC COMMENTS:
     This variety with leaves more often entire, densely and permanently tomentose
     above and below.  Most characteristic sage of true prairies.
 
 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION:
     ORIGIN:   Native
 
 POPULATION DYNAMICS:
     STATE STATUS: Not listed
     FEDERAL STATUS: Not listed
     COMMONNESS:  Occasional
     ENDEMIC:   NOT-ENDEMIC
 
 BIOLOGIC:
     HABIT:   Forb
     LIFE CYCLE:   Perennial
     REPRODUCTION:   Sexual   Vegetative
     FLOWERING PERIOD:
         MONTH BEGINNING-      7         MONTH END-      9
     TROPHIC STATUS:  Autotrophic
     SEX:      Perfect     Unisexual   -monoecious
 
 BIOLOGIC COMMENTS:
     All florets fertile; the outer pistillate.
 
 ECODISTRIBUTION COMMENTS:
     Roadsides and along railroads.  Somewhat drier and more open sites than A.
     ludoviciana typical variety.
 
 ENVIRONMENTAL RELATIONSHIPS:
     GROWTH OF SPECIES IN VARIOUS CONDITIONS:  No data entered
 
     HABITAT:   Dry
 
 FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS:
     MAJOR POLLINATION AGENT:   Wind
 
 HUMAN RELATIONSHIP DATA:
     ALLERGENIC:  Yes
 
 
 WILDLIFE AND LIVESTOCK INFORMATION:   No data entered
 
 REVEGETATION PLANTINGS:    No data entered
 
 
 REFERENCES:
Mohlenbrock, R. H., ed.  1975.  Guide to the vascular flora of Illinois.
     Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.  494 pp.
Steyermark, J. A.  1963.  Flora of Missouri.  Iowa State University Press, Ames.
     1725 pp.
Gleason, H. A.  1952.  The new Britton and Brown illustrated flora of the
     northeastern United States and adjacent Canada.  3 vols.  The New York
     Botanical Garden, New York.
Wodehouse, R. P.  1971.  Hayfever plants.  Hafner Publishing Company, New
     York.  280 pp.
 
 END OF DATA FOR SPECIES  Artemisia ludoviciana gnaphalodes
 
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 ILPIN was developed by Louis Iverson*, with data compiled by David Ketzner and Jeanne Karnes
 Illinois Natural History Survey, 607 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign, IL 61820
     *currently employed by USDA Forest Service, 359 Main Rd., Delaware, OH 43015