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Overview
Distribution
Localities documented in Tropicos sources
United States (North America)
Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
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Anonymous. 1986. List-Based Rec., Soil Conserv. Serv., U.S.D.A. Database of the U.S.D.A., Beltsville.
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National Distribution
Canada
Origin: Unknown/Undetermined
Regularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Unknown/Undetermined
Confidence: Confident
United States
Origin: Native
Regularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Present
Confidence: Confident
Type of Residency: Year-round
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Global Range: Scattered throughout Alaska-except south, N British Colum- bia, N Mackenize, Yukon.
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Physical Description
Morphology
Description
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Diagnostic Description
Synonym
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Type Information
Catalog Number: US 417571
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Original publication and alleged type specimen examined
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): I. C. Russell
Year Collected: 1889
Locality: Yukon River, between Nulato and Nowikakat., Alaska, United States, North America
- Holotype: Rydberg, P. A. 1916. N. Amer. Fl. 34: 281.
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Ecology
Habitat
Population Biology
Number of Occurrences
Note: For many non-migratory species, occurrences are roughly equivalent to populations.
Estimated Number of Occurrences: 21 - 80
Comments: 41 EOs; 30 in Alaska, 11 in Canada [B.C.(1), Mack.(2), Yuk.(8)].
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Molecular Biology and Genetics
Molecular Biology
Statistics of barcoding coverage: Artemisia alaskana
Public Records: 6
Specimens with Barcodes: 6
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Conservation
Conservation Status
National NatureServe Conservation Status
Canada
Rounded National Status Rank: NNR - Unranked
United States
Rounded National Status Rank: N4 - Apparently Secure
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NatureServe Conservation Status
Rounded Global Status Rank: G4 - Apparently Secure
Reasons: 41 EOs documented, limited range.
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Wikipedia
Artemisia alaskana
Artemisia alaskana, the Alaskan sagebrush or Alaskan wormwood, is a plant in the genus Artemisia.[1] It is found in British Columbia, the Yukon, and the Northwest Territories, in Canada.[1]
Uses[edit]
Alaskan wormwood is used by the larvaes of butterflies which are pollinating it. The plant is an important ingredient in some French cousines, which chefs use as a flavorer. The plant have a medical purpose as well. It can be used as a cough medicine, lowers fever, cures colic and headache, and is great against intestinal parasites and malaria. The shrub is very smelly and have a bitter taste, because of terpenoids and sesquiterpene lactones that it carries. Because of it, it can be used in various cosmetics such as enemas, infusions, lotions, and poultices. It is also used in breweries, and can be used as oil to detract fleas and moths from clothes. Moreover, it can be used as an anthelmintic, febrifuge, and stomachic, The plant requires full sun and partial shade, and a dry soil.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ a b www.evergreen.ca Retrieved on May 6th, 2008.
- ^ Uses Retrieved on June 13th, 2012
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Comments
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