41. The species is pistillate flowers grow on long racemes which will become the long strands of fruit. 42. The plants are pistillate ( female ) flowers are oval or round ovaries surrounded by spongy bracts. 43. "Artemisia michauxiana " is a phyllaries and generally contains pale pistillate and disc florets. 44. A noticeable space separates the staminate ( male ) flowers from the pistillate ( female ) ones. 45. The plant is monoecious, bearing both pistillate ( female ) and staminate ( male ) flowers. 46. The plant is dioecious, having separate pistillate ( female ) and staminate ( male ) plants. 47. The pistillate flowers are slightly larger at 5 mm, purple in colour and nodding ovoid in shape. 48. The pistillate flowers produce a globose ovary with 3 carpels, and 3 styles more or less united. 49. It is monoecious, with both terminal and axillary racemes consisting of staminate heads occurring above their pistillate counterparts. 50. The rachis is short and stout with triads at the base and rows of pistillate units towards the end.
