Common Mugwort
Artemisia vulgaris
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Found in India
- Uttarakhand, Meghalaya, Assam & more
- Flowering
- August-December
How to identify Common Mugwort
Identify Common Mugwort by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a undershrub habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Aromatic silvery-grey foliage (mugwort).
- Confirm leaf arrangement: Opposite.
- Confirm leaf type: Pinnately compound.
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- Confirm flower arrangement: Head.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: August-December.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Artemisia vulgaris
- Genus
- Artemisia
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Found in India
- Uttarakhand, Meghalaya, Assam, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram, Nagaland, Punjab, Sikkim
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-December
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf arrangement
- OppositerecordedTwo leaves arise from the stem at the same point, facing each other.“New leaves are opposite and are attached to the stem with a thin, long petiole.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf type
- Pinnately compoundrecordedLeaflets are arranged in rows along a central stalk, like a feather.“The pinnate leaves are smooth and of a dark green tint on the upper surface.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf surface
- GlabrousrecordedSmooth, hairless.“The pinnate leaves are smooth and of a dark green tint on the upper surface.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Common Mugwort itself; the rest are typical of the Asteraceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellowrecorded
- Flower arrangement
- HeadrecordedA dense, tight cluster of many small stalkless flowers, packed into a rounded or flat head.“The yellow or reddish-looking flower heads, which appear from July to September, are arranged paniculate branching structure.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Head
- Fruit
- Achene
Characters marked “recorded” are for Common Mugwort itself; the rest are typical of the Asteraceae family — flowering plants only.
About Common Mugwort
Common Mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris) belongs to the Asteraceae family, where it grows as a low shrub. In India it has been recorded in Uttarakhand, Meghalaya, Assam and 11 other states. Flowering and fruiting run from August to December.
Uses
In practice it is grown for parts that are eaten, long used in traditional medicine and tapped for gum or resin. Those medicinal uses are traditional attributions, not medical advice.
Asteraceae
Daisy/Sunflower family
Common Mugwort belongs to the Asteraceae family.
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