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Artemisia capillaris
Also called Yin Chen Wormwood, Capillary Wormwood
Capillary wormwood (Artemisia capillaris) is a biennial or short-lived perennial herb from East Asia, grown mainly as a medicinal plant and for its aromatic, finely divided foliage. It is a hardy, sun-loving plant that tolerates poor, dry soil.
Artemisia capillaris (Chinese: 茵陈蒿 yīn chén hāo), the capillary wormwood, is a species of flowering plant in the wormwood genus Artemisia, family Asteraceae.
Artemisia capillaris is a biennial or perennial herb, 30-80(100) cm tall with vertical, woody rootstock and usually a single to few, slender, erect, pale purplish or reddish brown, glabrous stems. Leaves are silky hairy, basal ones shortly petiolate, middle stem leaves almost sessile. Synflorescence is a narrow to wide panicle with many capitula composed of 8 to 12 yellow florets. Oblong-ovate, brown achenes are minuscule ca. 0.8 mm.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
