Mugwort
ಮಾಚಿಪತ್ರೆமாசிபத்திரிమాచీపత్రం
Artemisia vulgaris L.
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- —
- tall
- 91 cm
- wide
- 1.4 m
Asteraceae
Also called Common wormwood
Formerly Absinthium vulgare
When it flowers
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Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
PetsNo pet-safety information yet
PeopleNo safety information yet
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- PerennialKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Temp. Eurasia to Indo-China, N. AfricaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 61 cm to 1.2 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 91 cm to 1.8 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- Yellow, purple, greenRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -40 °C (USDA zone 3a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: water, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Simplified Chinese
- 白蒿, 野艾, 细叶艾
- Chinese
- 北艾, 毛莲蒿
- Dutch
- Bijvoet, bijvoet
- Asturian
- artemisa de flor colorada
- Czech
- pelyněk černobýl
- Welsh
- y feidiog lwyd
- German
- Gemeiner Beifuss
- Finnish
- pujo
- French
- armoise commune
- Swedish
- gråbo
- Slovenian
- navadni pelin
- Tamil
- மாசிபத்திரி
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, Public domain
- 3D model: Artemisia vulgaris (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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