Artemisia vulgaris
Medicinal herb known as common mugwort / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the plant most often known as mugwort in the British Isles. For similar species and uses, see Mugwort
Artemisia vulgaris, the common mugwort,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family Asteraceae. It is one of several species in the genus Artemisia commonly known as mugwort, although Artemisia vulgaris is the species most often called mugwort. It is also occasionally known as riverside wormwood,[3] felon herb, chrysanthemum weed, wild wormwood, old Uncle Henry, sailor's tobacco, naughty man, old man, or St. John's plant (not to be confused with St. John's wort).[4] Mugworts have been used medicinally and as culinary herbs.
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Artemisia vulgaris | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Artemisia |
Species: | A. vulgaris |
Binomial name | |
Artemisia vulgaris L. 1753 not C.B. Clarke 1882 nor Mattf. 1926 | |
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