PLANTS Profile for Artemisia vulgaris (common wormwood)

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PLANTS Profile

Artemisia vulgaris L.
common wormwood

Symbol:

ARVU

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Asteraceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		I
AK		I
HI		I
CAN		I
GL		I


Other common names:
	hierba de San Juan
	mugwort
	artemisia

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Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. India, Gangtok. Usage Requirements.

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Artemisia vulgaris L.

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Synonyms:
Artemisia vulgaris L.

ARSE18	Artemisia selengensis Turcz. ex Besser
ARTIA	Artemisia tilesii Ledeb. var. aleutica (Hultén) S.L. Welsh
ARUN2	Artemisia unalaskensis Rydb.
ARUNA	Artemisia unalaskensis Rydb. var. aleutica Hultén
ARVUC2	Artemisia vulgaris L. var. coarctata Forselles ex Besser
ARVUG	Artemisia vulgaris L. var. glabra Ledeb.
ARVUK	Artemisia vulgaris L. var. kamtschatica Besser	common wormwood
ARVUL	Artemisia vulgaris L. var. latiloba Ledeb.
ARVUS	Artemisia vulgaris L. var. selengensis (Turcz. ex Besser) Maxim.
ARVUV	Artemisia vulgaris L. var. vulgaris	common wormwood

Distribution:
Artemisia vulgaris L.


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AK, AL, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IN, KS, LA, MA, MD, MN, NC, NY, OR, PA, SC, TN, WI, WV)

Related Taxa:
Artemisia vulgaris L.

View 478 genera in Asteraceae, 68 species in Artemisia

Classification:
Artemisia vulgaris L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Asterales
Family	Asteraceae – Aster family
Genus	Artemisia L. – sagebrush
Species	Artemisia vulgaris L. – common wormwood

U.S. Weed Information:
Artemisia vulgaris L.

mugwort

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

N'EAST		Uva, R.H., J.C. Neal, & J.M. DiTomaso. 1997. Weeds of the Northeast. Cornell University Press. Ithaca, New York.
SEEPPC		Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council. 1996. Invasive exotic pest plants in Tennessee (19 October 1999). Research Committee of the Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council. Tennessee.

Introduced Information:
Artemisia vulgaris L.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Artemisia vulgaris L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 35505.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Related Web Sites:
Artemisia vulgaris L.

Swedish Virtual Flora: images & text (in Swedish)

Virginia Tech: abstract & image

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