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Artemisia scoparia Waldst. & Kitam.

Redstem wormwood (en), Armoise à balais (fr), Armoise capillaire (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Artemisia

Characteristics

Herbs, perennial, biennial, or annual, 40-90(-130) cm tall, much branched from lower on stem; branches and leaves gray or yellowish sericeous-pubescent, later glabrescent, strongly aromatic. Lower stem leaves: petiole 2-4 cm; leaf blade ovate-oblong or elliptic, 1.5-3.5 × 1-3 cm, 2-or 3-pinnatisect; segments 3 or 4 pairs; lobules 1 or 2 pairs, 3-5 × 0.2-1 mm. Middle stem leaves sessile; leaf blade oblong or ovate-oblong, 1-2 × 0.5-1.5 cm, 1-or 2-pinnatisect; segments 2 or 3 pairs; lobules filiform, usually curved, 4-8 × 0.2-0.3(-0.5) mm. Uppermost leaves and leaflike bracts 3-5-sect. Synflorescence a broad panicle. Capitula many, shortly pedunculate or sessile. Involucre subglobose, rarely ovoid, 1-1.5(-2) mm in diam. Marginal female florets 5-7. Disk florets 4-10, male. Achenes obovoid or oblong. Fl. and fr. Jul-Oct. 2n = 16, 18, 36.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.5 - 0.6
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 in C. Japan. Slopes, forest margins, roadsides, steppe, terraces, desert margins, dry river beds; from low elevations to 3,200 metres in China.
Light 6-9
Soil humidity 1-6
Soil texture 2-5
Soil acidity 4-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 4-7

Usage

Uses essential oil fodder medicinal
Edible leaves stems
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), Burns (leaf), Sunstroke (leaf), Hepatitis b (leaf), Ague (unspecified), Anodyne (unspecified), Antibilious (unspecified), Antiphlogistic (unspecified), Bactericide (unspecified), Cataplasm (unspecified), Catarrh (unspecified), Constipation (unspecified), Diuretic (unspecified), Dysmenorrhea (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Fungicide (unspecified), Icterus (unspecified), Jaundice (unspecified), Rheumatism (unspecified), Spasm (unspecified), Tumor (unspecified), Headache (unspecified), Dysuria (unspecified), Oliguria (unspecified), Pruritis (unspecified), Malaria (unspecified), Cardiovascular system (unspecified), Cathartics (unspecified), Ear diseases (unspecified), Hypertension (unspecified), Hypotension (unspecified), Parasympatholytics (unspecified), Bile acids and salts (unspecified), Burns (unspecified), Earache (unspecified), Sleep aids, pharmaceutical (unspecified), Tranquilizing agents (unspecified), Antinematodal agents (whole plant), Cathartics (whole plant), Malaria (whole plant excluding root)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 60
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 18
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -23
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Artemisia scoparia unspecified picture

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, Uzbekistan, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:179686-1
WFO ID wfo-0000043717
COL ID GWW4
BDTFX ID 6954
INPN ID 84037
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Artemisia scoparia Oligosporus scoparius Artemisia gracilis l'hér. ex Artemisia kohatica Artemisia capillaris Artemisia piperita Artemisia hallaisanensis f. hallaisanensis Artemisia scoparioides Artemisia elegans Artemisia trichophylla Draconia scoparia Artemisia scoparia var. scoparia Artemisia hallaisanensis var. hallaisanensis Artemisia capillaris var. scoparia
WorldFloraDB 2024