About
Forked wormwood is a small perennial of tundra and talus slopes in cold, high-latitude and high-elevation parts of Asia and North America.
Care at a glance
- Pet safety
- Not recorded. We have no source on whether this plant is safe for cats, dogs or other pets — that is not the same as safe. Keep it out of reach until you have checked.
- People
- Not recorded.
- Mature size
- Up to 35 cm tall.
Field notes
Morphology
Perennial up to 35 cm tall, usually not clump-forming, with grey-green leaves partly in a basal rosette and partly on the stem. Numerous small yellow flower heads.
Distribution & habitat
British Columbia, Alberta, Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut in Canada; Alaska and Washington in the United States; Siberia and the Russian Far East, Kazakhstan and Japan. Found in tundra and on talus.
Conservation
NatureServe ranks it globally Apparently Secure (G4), last reviewed in 1991.
Habitat
- Altitude
- Not recorded
- Altitude class
- —
- Native to
- Canada, United States, Russia, Kazakhstan, Japan
Cultivation
- Difficulty
- Not recorded
Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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