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Artemisia gmelinii
Also called Russian Wormwood
Gmelin's wormwood is a hardy perennial shrub in the daisy family, native to temperate Asia, that grows in open hills, meadows and steppe. It is grown mainly as a wild or medicinal plant and needs sun and well-drained soil.
Artemisia gmelinii, also known as Artemisia sacrorum, is a perennial shrub in the family Asteraceae. It is commonly known as Russian wormood or Gmelin's wormwood.
It is native to China, Russia, Japan, and other parts of central Asia. It grows in a variety of habitats such as hills, meadows, roadsides, slopes and forest steppes.
A. gmelinii contains veratric acid. In Korea, the leaf and stem are used to treat hepatitis, hyperlipaemia and infected cholecystitis. It contains flavonoids, sesquiterpenes and other bio-active constituents. This plant has 1% essential oil. Dried parts of the plant are used in traditional Chinese medicine.
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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.
