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Artemisia vulgaris
Also called Mugwort, Eurasian Wormwood, Felonherb, Green Ginger, Felon Herb, Lobed Wormwood, Artemisia
In Singapore: Common Mugwort, Common Wormwood, Moxa, Green-ginger, Sailor's Tobacco, 艾叶, 艾草, 五月艾 (Grown in Singapore)
Common wormwood (Artemisia vulgaris), also called mugwort, is a hardy perennial herb in the daisy family that spreads mainly by rhizomes and is often treated as a weed. It is easy to grow in open, sunny, well-drained ground, but its spreading roots are hard to control.
Artemisia vulgaris, commonly known as mugwort, common mugwort, or wormwood, 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. Mugworts have been used medicinally and as culinary herbs.
Artemisia vulgaris is native to temperate Europe, Asia, North Africa, and Alaska, and is naturalized in North America, where some consider it an invasive weed. It is a common plant growing in places containing low-nitrogen soils, such as waste places, roadsides and uncultivated areas. The plant, which prefers alkaline conditions, readily becomes established in open, sandy ground.
Southernwood · Absinthium · African Wormwood · White Mugwort · Sweet sagewort · Hedge Artemisia · Chinese Mugwort · Biennial wormwood · Coastal sagebrush · Capillary Artemisia · Carruth's sagewort · Douglas' sagewort
[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
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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.
