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Artemisia princeps Pamp.

Japanese mugwort (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Artemisia

Characteristics

Herbs, perennial, 60-150 cm tall, sparsely arachnoid puberulent or glabrescent. Leaves densely arachnoid tomentose abaxially. Lowermost leaves long petiolate; leaf blade ovate or elliptic-ovate, 1-or 2-pinnatipartite; segments 2 pairs, oblong or oblong-elliptic. Middle stem leaves: petiole 1-2(-3) cm; leaf blade ovate or ovate-elliptic, 6-12 × 4-8 cm, pinnatipartite, rarely-sect; segments 2(or 3) pairs, elliptic-lanceolate or elliptic; distal lobe and lobules of lateral lobes larger, obtuse apically. Uppermost leaves pinnatipartite; leaflike bracts 3-lobed or entire. Capitula in somewhat broad panicles, oblong or oblong-ovoid, 1.5-2.5 mm in diam. Phyllaries sparsely arachnoid puberulent. Marginal female florets 5-7. Disk florets 4-9, bisexual. Fr. Jul-Nov. 2n = 34.
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A herb or small shrub. It grows 80-150 cm tall. The leaves have short leaf stalks. The leaves have a covering underneath. The leaves in the middle of the stem are oval and 6-12 cm long by 4-8 cm wide and are divided into 2 pairs of segments alogn the stalk.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination anemogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 1.2
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Waste ground and thickets in lowland and low elevations, central and southern Japan. Roadsides, slopes, shrublands, forest margins, valleys, riverbanks; at elevations up to 1,400 metres.
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It is a temperate plant. It grows on slopes and the edges of forests between 100-1,400 m above sea level. In Sichuan and Yunnan.
Light 6-9
Soil humidity 1-6
Soil texture 3-6
Soil acidity 4-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

Usage

The leaves and young seedlings are eaten in salads and soups. The bitterness is first removed. They slightly boiled leaves are pounded and add flavour, colour and aroma to rice. They are used for tea and for fermentation.
Uses food medicinal tea
Edible leaves seeds
Therapeutic use Hemostatic (unspecified), Diarrhea (unspecified), Emetic (unspecified), Moxa (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 60
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 18
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Flower

Artemisia princeps flower picture by 道草 (cc-by-sa)
Artemisia princeps flower picture by 道草 (cc-by-sa)
Artemisia princeps flower picture by 道草 (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Artemisia princeps world distribution map, present in China, India, Japan, and Taiwan, Province of China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:179985-1
WFO ID wfo-0000005942
COL ID GWSX
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Artemisia princeps Artemisia parvula Artemisia princeps f. princeps Artemisia princeps var. princeps Artemisia indica var. maximowiczii Artemisia vulgaris var. maximowiczii Artemisia montana var. nipponica
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