Nagdona / Indian Wormwood
Artemisia nilagirica
Also known as Mugwort, Flea Bane
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand & more
- Flowering
- April-December
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Artemisia nilagirica
- Genus
- Artemisia
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- Asia, Europe
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Kerala
- Flowering & fruiting
- April-December
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Glaucous (waxy blue-grey bloom)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Nagdona itself; the rest are typical of the Asteraceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellowrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Head
- Fruit
- Achene
Characters marked “recorded” are for Nagdona itself; the rest are typical of the Asteraceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- नागदोना Nagdona, दवना Davana
- Bengali
- নাগদানা Nagadana
- Tamil
- மக்கீபூ Makkippu
- Telugu
- Masipatri
- Kannada
- ಮಂಚಿಪತ್ರೆ Manchipatre, ಮಂಚಿಪತ್ರ Manchipatra, ಮಂಚಪತ್ರಿ Manchapatri
- Malayalam
- മക്കീപൂവൂ Makkippuvu, മാസീപത്രീ Masipatri
- Marathi
- ढोरदवना Dhordavana, Gondhomaro
About Nagdona
Indian Wormwood (Artemisia nilagirica) belongs to the Asteraceae family, where it grows as a low shrub. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand and 4 other states. Flowering and fruiting run from April to December.
Asteraceae
Daisy/Sunflower family
Nagdona belongs to the Asteraceae family.
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