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Artemisia vestita Wall. ex Besser, Nouv. Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 3: 25 (1834) 25 1834.;
. Pakistan to Mongolia and China: China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Manchuria, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Qinghai, Tibet, West Himalaya, Xinjiang as per POWO; . China (Gansu, NW-Guangxi, Guizhou, N-Hubei, Liaoning, Qinghai, W-Sichuan, Xinjiang, Yunnan), Tibet, Jammu & Kashmir (Ladakh, Kashmir), India (Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh), Nepal, Pakistan (Chitral, Swat, N.W.Frontier Prov., Salt Range, Pakistani Punjab, Hazara), Pakistani Kashmir (Gilgit, Baltistan, Hunza, Astor) as per CoL; .
Erect shrubby perennial up to 2 m tall with grooved stems; leaves twice pinnately cut, fern-like, upper surface softly hairy, lower white hairy; heads nodding in long compound hairy racemes, 6-10 flowered, bracts oblong
membranous; fruit smooth shining. Common in Kashmir valley at lower altitudes on exposed hilly slopes. .  Artemisia sp. from Paddar valley J&K. 110112 SRANA 02: Kindly validate the ID
Botanical name: Artemisia vestita
Family: Compositae
Location: Paddar valley J&K.
Altitude: 2100 meters asl
Plant is used by locals as a Folk medicine. I think yes. Artemisia vestita . Asteraceae Fortnight Part 2-Discoid heads: Artemisia vestita from Kashmir-GS16 : Attachments (4). 1 post by 1 author. Artemisia vestita Wall. ex Bess, Nouv. Mem. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 3: 25. 1834
Erect shrubby perennial up to 2 m tall with grooved stems; leaves twice pinnately cut, fern-like, upper surface softly hairy, lower white hairy; heads nodding in long compound hairy racemes, 6-10 flowered, bracts oblong membranous; fruit smooth shining.
Common in Kashmir valley at lower altitudes on exposed hilly slopes. Photographed in August from zabarwan slopes above Cheshmashahi and from Dachhigam Forest. .
Id request for this plant found in kashmir valley: 1 high resolution image.
I hope Artemisia I think it may be Artemisia vestita Wall. ex Besser as per images and details herein. . References:
POWO Catalogue of Life The Plant List Ver.1.1 GBIF (High resolution specimens) High resolution specimen |
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