Artemisia australis (Asteraceae)

Artemisia australis is a small to medium sized indigenous Hawaiian aromatic shrub. 

Species description or overview

Artemisia australis information from NTBG
Information about Artemisia australis is available from the National Tropical Botanical Garden (NTBG).

Taxonomy & nomenclature

Artemisia australis information from the Smithsonian's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Artemisia australis--including nomenclature and synonymy, and status and distribution in Hawaii--is provided by the "Flora of the Hawaiian Islands" website of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Links from this page include descriptive information about the species, as well as worldwide distributional information and general information about the genus.

Artemisia australis information from ITIS
The Integrated Taxonomic Information System ITIS provides authoritative taxonomic information on Artemisia australis, as well as other plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world.

IPNI nomenclature info for Artemisia australis
Nomenclatural information about Artemisia australis is provided by The International Plant Names Index (IPNI).

Cultivation & propagation

Artemisia australis information from Native Plants Hawaii
Information about Artemisia australis--including details regarding plant, flower, and leaf characteristics; pests and diseases; growth requirements; and environment--is provided by Native Plants Hawaii.

Images

Artemisia australis images from Native Plants Hawaii
Images of Artemisia australis are provided on the Native Plants Hawaii website.

Artemisia australis images by Jupiter Nielsen
Images of Artemisia australis are provided online by Maui artist/photographer Jupiter Nielsen.

Distribution

Where to see this species

Full-text articles

Revised List of Hawaiian Names of Plants Native and Introduced with Brief Descriptions and Notes as to Occurrence and Medicinal or Other Values
Gon III, Samuel M. Ohukaniohia. 2008. Revised List of Hawaiian Names of Plants Native and Introduced with Brief Descriptions and Notes as to Occurrence and Medicinal or Other Values, by Joseph F. Rock Consulting Botanist, Board of Agriculture and Forestry Honolulu, Hawaii, 1920; transcribed and annotated by Samuel M. Ohukaniohia Gon III. Ethnobotany Research & Applications 6:405-442.

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