Artemisia lactiflora Wall. ex Dc.

Herbs, perennial, 50-150(-200) cm tall, all parts glabrous. Lower and middle stem leaves: petiole 2-5 cm or more; leaf blade ovate or ovate-elliptic, 5.5-12.5(-31) × 4.5-8.5(-15) cm, 1 or 2(or 3)-pinnatisect, rarely partite; segments 3 or 4(or 5) pairs, very variable, ovate, ovate-elliptic, obovate, or elliptic; basal and lateral lobes larger than distal lobes, 2-8 × 1-3 cm, margin irregularly serrate, apex rounded to acuminate. Uppermost leaves and leaflike bracts 1-or 2-pinnatipartite or-sect, margin serrate. Synflorescence a ± narrow conical panicle, often with extra panicles from upper nodes to form broad, conical, compound panicle; branches obliquely ascending; ultimate branches to 4 cm; bracts mostly absent. Capitula closely spaced, sessile. Involucre oblong, 1.5-2.5(-3) mm in diam. Marginal female florets 4-10. Disk florets 4-10, bisexual. Achenes obovoid or obovoid-oblong. Fl. and fr. Aug-Oct. 2n = 16, 18.

It is a temperate plant. It is native to northern China and to the Himalayas. It needs reasonable amounts of moisture. It suits neutral to acid soils and can tolerate some shade. It suits hardiness zones 4-10. In XTBG Yunnan. In Sichuan.

Only 2 or 3 leaves are cooked in soup. They are also boiled or stir fried.

It can be grown from stem cuttings. Sections 12 cm long with nodes are used. It can also be grown from seed.