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Artemisia scoparia Waldst. & Kit.

Armoise à balais (fr), Armoise capillaire (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Artemisia

Characteristics

A herb. A plant which grows over two years. It has a woody base and several branches. It grows 40-80 cm high. The lower leaves are 4-7 cm long by 3-5 cm wide. They are divided into narrow segments.
Life form
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.5 - 0.65
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It does best in a neutral soil in a warm sunny position. They do well in poor dry soil. Once the plants are established they are drought tolerant. In Sichuan and Yunnan.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 3-7

Usage

The young leaves are used cooked.
Uses animal food essential oil material medicinal
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use Analgesics (aerial part), Anti-inflammatory agents (aerial part), Cholagogues and choleretics (aerial part), Contraceptive agents (aerial part), Dental plaque (aerial part), Hypotension (aerial part), Immunosuppressive agents (aerial part), Malaria (aerial part), Vasodilator agents (aerial part), Anthelmintics (flower), Anti-bacterial agents (flower), Antifungal agents (flower), Hepatitis b (leaf), Bile acids and salts (unspecified), Burns (unspecified), Earache (unspecified), Hypotension (unspecified), Sleep aids, pharmaceutical (unspecified), Tranquilizing agents (unspecified), Antinematodal agents (whole plant), Cathartics (whole plant)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants are easily grown from seed. Seedlings can be transplanted as needed.
Mode 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

Leaf

Artemisia scoparia leaf picture by cheongweei gan (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Artemisia scoparia world distribution map, present in Afghanistan, Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belarus, Switzerland, China, Czech Republic, Germany, Egypt, Estonia, France, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Georgia, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, India, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Liberia, Lithuania, Latvia, Moldova (Republic of), North Macedonia, Myanmar, Montenegro, Mongolia, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America, Uzbekistan, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:180092-1
WFO ID wfo-0000747700
COL ID GWW4
BDTFX ID 6955
INPN ID 84037
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Artemisia scoparia f. villosa Artemisia scopariiformis Artemisia trichophylla Artemisia scoparia Artemisia capillaris var. grandiflora Artemisia scoparia var. heteromorpha Artemisia scoparia f. sericea Artemisia capillaris f. elegans Artemisia capillaris f. kohatica Artemisia capillaris f. myriocephala Artemisia capillaris f. villosa Artemisia capillaris f. williamsonii
WorldFloraDB 2024