[The Sunflower Family in Denali National Park and Preserve]

Alpine Sagewort, Arctic Wormwood, Boreal Sagebrush

Artemisia norvegica ssp. saxatilis

Synonyms: Artemisia arctica, Artemisia arctica ssp. arctica, Artemisia arctica ssp. saxicola, Artemisia norvegica var. piceetorum, Artemisia norvegica var. saxatilis

Alpine Sagewort, Arctic Wormwood, Boreal Sagebrush: Artemisia norvegica ssp. saxatilis (Synonyms: Artemisia arctica, Artemisia arctica ssp. arctica, Artemisia arctica ssp. saxicola, Artemisia norvegica var. piceetorum, Artemisia norvegica var. saxatilis)

The photo above shows arctic wormwood as seen at Grassy Pass, several miles west of Eilson Visitors Center along the Park Road, Denali National Park.....................June 27, 2002.

Flower heads of Alpine Sagewort, Arctic Wormwood, Boreal Sagebrush: Artemisia norvegica ssp. saxatilis (Synonyms: Artemisia arctica, Artemisia arctica ssp. arctica, Artemisia arctica ssp. saxicola, Artemisia norvegica var. piceetorum, Artemisia norvegica var. saxatilis)

The photo above shows a close-up of an inflorescence of arctic wormwood as seen at Grassy Pass, several miles west of Eilson Visitors Center along the Park Road, Denali National Park.....................June 27, 2002.

Leaf of Alpine Sagewort, Arctic Wormwood, Boreal Sagebrush: Artemisia norvegica ssp. saxatilis (Synonyms: Artemisia arctica, Artemisia arctica ssp. arctica, Artemisia arctica ssp. saxicola, Artemisia norvegica var. piceetorum, Artemisia norvegica var. saxatilis)

The photo above shows a close-up of a stem leaf of arctic wormwood as seen at Grassy Pass, several miles west of Eilson Visitors Center along the Park Road, Denali National Park.....................June 27, 2002.

Inflorescence of Alpine Sagewort, Arctic Wormwood, Boreal Sagebrush: Artemisia norvegica ssp. saxatilis (Synonyms: Artemisia arctica, Artemisia arctica ssp. arctica, Artemisia arctica ssp. saxicola, Artemisia norvegica var. piceetorum, Artemisia norvegica var. saxatilis)

The photo above shows a close-up of the inflorescence of arctic wormwood as seen about one mile east of Highway Pass, Denali National Park...............August 23, 2006.

Inflorescence of Alpine Sagewort, Arctic Wormwood, Boreal Sagebrush: Artemisia norvegica ssp. saxatilis (Synonyms: Artemisia arctica, Artemisia arctica ssp. arctica, Artemisia arctica ssp. saxicola, Artemisia norvegica var. piceetorum, Artemisia norvegica var. saxatilis)

The photo above shows a close-up of the involucral bracts of the flower heads of arctic wormwood as seen about one mile east of Highway Pass, Denali National Park...............August 23, 2006.

Leaf of Alpine Sagewort, Arctic Wormwood, Boreal Sagebrush: Artemisia norvegica ssp. saxatilis (Synonyms: Artemisia arctica, Artemisia arctica ssp. arctica, Artemisia arctica ssp. saxicola, Artemisia norvegica var. piceetorum, Artemisia norvegica var. saxatilis)

The photo above shows a close-up of a stem leaf subtending a flower head of arctic wormwood as seen about one mile east of Highway Pass, Denali National Park...............August 23, 2006.

Inflorescence of Alpine Sagewort, Arctic Wormwood, Boreal Sagebrush: Artemisia norvegica ssp. saxatilis (Synonyms: Artemisia arctica, Artemisia arctica ssp. arctica, Artemisia arctica ssp. saxicola, Artemisia norvegica var. piceetorum, Artemisia norvegica var. saxatilis)


Alpine Sagewort, Arctic Wormwood, Boreal Sagebrush: Artemisia norvegica ssp. saxatilis (Synonyms: Artemisia arctica, Artemisia arctica ssp. arctica, Artemisia arctica ssp. saxicola, Artemisia norvegica var. piceetorum, Artemisia norvegica var. saxatilis)

Arctic wormwood at the end of the growing season on scree slopes above the park road between Eilson Visitors Center and Grassy Pass, Denali National Park..................September 7, 2009.

Basal leaves of Alpine Sagewort, Arctic Wormwood, Boreal Sagebrush: Artemisia norvegica ssp. saxatilis (Synonyms: Artemisia arctica, Artemisia arctica ssp. arctica, Artemisia arctica ssp. saxicola, Artemisia norvegica var. piceetorum, Artemisia norvegica var. saxatilis)

A cluster of basal leaves of arctic wormwood as seen on scree slopes above the park road between Eilson Visitors Center and Grassy Pass, Denali National Park..................September 7, 2009.


Paul Slichter