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| Kingdom | Plantae | 
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| Sub Kingdom | Tracheobionta (vascular plant) | |
| Superdivision | Spermatophyta (seed plant) | |
| Division | Magnoliophyta (flowering plant) | |
| Class | Magnoliopsida (dicotyledon) | |
| Order | Caryophyllidae | |
| Family | Compositae | |
| Genus | Artemisia | |
| Species | coerulescens | |
| Classification | L. | |
| Common name | sagebrush |
| Physical Characteristics | it's a perennial herb, more or less tomentose, green-blue coloured tending to ashy-whitish. Stems are ligneous, erect and ramose, at the inflorescence level they form a wide pyramidal panicle. The capitulums are 2- 3 millimeters long, elongate and shortly pedunculate. Leaves are spatulate-obovate, 1-2 pinnate with rounded segment at the apices. Cauline leaves are 1-2 pinnate, simple and almost bracteate above. |
| Notes | the smell is characteristic: it's pleasing in some varieties, less in others, while the taste is bitter. It contains active principles like carotenoids, phytosterols, flavonoids, sesquiterpenic lactons, vitamins, mineral salts. |
| Habitat | coastal salt soils, but also uncultivated and salt lands of the nearest inland. |
| Sources | |
| References | Flora e vegetazione delle barene - di N. Anoè, D. Calzavara, L. Salviato - Società Veneziana di Scienze Naturali Assenzio marittimo Artemisia coerulescens, di E. Lazzarini, in LAGUNA, pag 46-47, n.1, 1998 |
| Web References | http://www.istitutoveneto.it/venezia/documenti/altri_elaborati/libro_vegetazione.pdf http://www.regione.emilia-romagna.it/laguna/articolo.asp?id_articolo=437 |
| Source of the photo | Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti |
Artemisia coerulescens
