Artemisia rigida

Artemisia rigida is an important successional species following fires because the plants form new shoots from the underground caudices. This characteristic aligns the species with other ‘sprouters’ in the subgenus, namely A. cana, A. tripartita, and A. arbuscula.

array architecture	spiciform + and paniculiform +
bark coloration	gray +
bark relief	exfoliating +
base width	narrow +
blade shape	spatulate + and 3-lobed +
branch orientation	spreading +
branch position	exsert +
branch shape	oblong + and truncate +
caudex fragility	stout +
chromosome count	18 + and 36 +
corolla coloration	red +
cypsela architecture or shape	4-5-ribbed +
cypsela external texture	glabrous +
face external texture	hairy +
flowering time	summerfall +
habitat	dry rocky scablands + and volcanic plains +
habitat moisture	dry +
head architecture	leafy +, spiciform + and paniculiform +
head arrangement	singly + and in -LRB-/-LRB- densely leafy -RRB-/-RRB- spiciform or paniculiform arrays +
head width	2 +
involucre shape	campanulate +
leaf coloration	silver-gray +
leaf habit	deciduous +
leaf internal texture	rigid +
lobe width	1 +
phyllary arrangement or shape	elliptic +
phyllary external texture	canescent +
phyllary shape	acute + and obtuse +
shrub life stage	root-sprouting +
shrub odor	aromatic +
stem coloration	gray +
stem external texture	coarse +, brittle + and hairy +

Artemisia rigida

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