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Artemisia limosa

(Artemisia limosa Koidz.)

Biennial herb, 10–20 cm tall. Basal
rosettes with a diameter of 6 cm from
bare leaves, 2–3 cm in length, on long,
strongly expanded petioles, with a leaf
blade doubly pinnately dissected into
linear or narrow-lanceolate pointed
lobules. Stems are usually solitary,
glabrous, brown or violet-brown. Broad
ovate baskets, 4–5 mm long, directed
upwards, close together, collected in a
complex raceme.
Occurs only on Sakhalin Island near
the mud volcano Maguntan (Makarov
district).

Long ago, the army of the Polovtsians led by two khans - the brothers Otrok and
Syrchan — was defeated by Russian soldiers. Syrchan went deep into the steppes, and
Otrok moved to the Caucasus. Time passed, the power of the steppe horde revived.

Syrchan began to call his brother Otrok. More than once he invited him to return to
his native land, but he was already accustomed to a foreign land, and nothing carried
him back. Then Syrchan ordered to bring a bunch of wormwood from the steppe and
sent it to his brother. Inhaling the smell of dry grass, he could not resist the mighty
call of his homeland and ordered to saddle the horses.

Asian pogonia

(Pogonia japonica Reichenb. fil.)

A graceful perennial herb with a single stem 12–25 cm long. A simple whole leaf is located
in the middle of the stem, 4–10 cm long and 7–14 mm wide. Single zygomorphic flower is
2–2.5 cm long, pink-purple. The lip is three-lobed, fringed along the edge. Thecapsule is
1.5–2 cm long.
In Russia, it grows on the northeastern border of distribution. Occurs on Sakhalin Island
(Dolinsky District) and on Kunashir and Shikotan Islands. In the Russian Far East it is also
noted in the Amur and Jewish Autonomous Regions, the Maritime and Khabarovsk Territories.
Outside the Russian Federation — in Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu), China and the Korean
Peninsula.

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