Artemisia vulgaris

Linnaeus

Sp. Pl. 2: 848. 1753.

Common names: Common mugwort felon-herb green-ginger armoise vulgaire
Introduced
Synonyms: Artemisia opulenta Pampanini Artemisia vulgaris var. glabra Ledebour Artemisia vulgaris var. kamtschatica Besser
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 19. Treatment on page 533. Mentioned on page 503, 522, 534.

Perennials, (40–) 60–190 cm, sometimes faintly aromatic (rhizomes coarse). Stems relatively numerous, erect, brownish to reddish-brown, simple proximally, branched distally (angularly ribbed), sparsely hairy or glabrous. Leaves basal (petiolate) and cauline (sessile), uniformly green or bicolor; blades broadly lanceolate, ovate, or linear, (2–) 3–10 (–12) × 1.8–8 cm (proximal reduced and entire, distal pinnately dissected, lobes to 20 mm wide), faces pubescent or glabrescent (abaxial) or glabrous (adaxial). Heads in compact, paniculiform or racemiform arrays (10–) 20–30 (–40) × (5–) 7–15 (–20) cm. Involucres ovoid to campanulate, 2–3 (–4) mm. Phyllaries lanceolate, hairy or glabrescent. Florets: pistillate 7–10; bisexual (5–) 8–20; corollas yellowish to reddish-brown, 1.5–3 mm, glabrous (style-branches arched-curved, truncate, ciliate). Cypselae ellipsoid, 0.5–1 (–1.2) mm, glabrous, sometimes resinous. 2n = 18, 36, 40, 54.


Phenology: Flowering mid summer–late fall.
Habitat: Sandy or loamy soils, forested areas, coastal strands, roadsides
Elevation: 0–500 m

Distribution

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Introduced; Greenland, Alta., B.C., Man., N.B., Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.), N.S., Ont., P.E.I., Que., Sask., Ala., Alaska, Conn., Del., D.C., Fla., Ga., Idaho, Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kans., Ky., La., Maine, Md., Mass., Mich., Minn., Mo., Mont., N.H., N.J., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Oreg., Pa., R.I., S.C., Tenn., Vt., Va., Wash., W.Va., Wis., Eurasia

Discussion

Grown as a medicinal plant, most commonly as a vermifuge, Artemisia vulgaris is widely established in eastern North America and is often weedy in disturbed sites. Populational differences in morphologic forms are reflected in size of flowering heads, degree of dissection of leaves, and overall color of plants (from pale to dark green), suggesting multiple introductions that may date back to the first visits by Europeans. It is tempting to recognize the different forms as subspecies and varieties; the array of variation in the field is bewildering. If genetically distinct forms exist in native populations, the differences appear to have been blurred by introgression among the various introductions in North America. A case could be made for recognizing var. kamtschatica in Alaska based on its larger heads and shorter growth form; apparent introgression with populations that extend across Canada confounds that taxonomic segregation.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
... more about "Artemisia vulgaris"
54 +, 40 +, 36 +  and 18 +
not tailed +  and obtuse +
scarious +
spiciform +, racemiform +, paniculiform +  and corymbiform +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
Leila M. Shultz +
Linnaeus +
decurrent +
compound +  and simple +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br />) +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
linear;ovate;linear;ovate;lanceolate +
1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br /> (8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br />) +
fertile +  and bisexual +
Common mugwort +, felon-herb +, green-ginger +  and armoise vulgaire +
zygomorphic +, actinomorphic +  and (3-)5-merous +
yellowish +  and reddish-brown +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
winged +  and monomorphic +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.12 cm1.2 mm <br />0.0012 m <br />) +
ellipsoid +
fertile +  and bisexual +
fertile +  and bisexual +
Greenland +, Alta. +, B.C. +, Man. +, N.B. +, Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.) +, N.S. +, Ont. +, P.E.I. +, Que. +, Sask. +, Ala. +, Alaska +, Conn. +, Del. +, D.C. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, Idaho +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Iowa +, Kans. +, Ky. +, La. +, Maine +, Md. +, Mass. +, Mich. +, Minn. +, Mo. +, Mont. +, N.H. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, N.C. +, Ohio +, Oreg. +, Pa. +, R.I. +, S.C. +, Tenn. +, Vt. +, Va. +, Wash. +, W.Va. +, Wis. +  and Eurasia +
0–500 m +
gland-dotted +
glabrous +, glabrescent +  and pubescent +
peripheral +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Sandy or loamy soils, forested areas, coastal strands, roadsides +
racemiform +  and paniculiform +
in subcapitate clusters +  and singly +
30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br /> (40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br />) +
15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br /> (20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br />) +
indeterminate +
20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br /> (30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br />) +
heterogamous +  and homogamous +
7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
each +  and sessile +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
ovoid;campanulate +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
sessile +  and petiolate +
bicolor +  and green +
persistent +  and deciduous +
cauline +  and basal +
deltate +
entire +  and dentate +
2-carpellate +
persistent +
Flowering mid summer–late fall. +
glabrescent +  and hairy +
2 +  and 20 +
styliferous +, neuter +  and pistillate +
sterile +  and fertile +
conic;convex;conic;convex;flat +
2 +  and 5 +
exalbuminous +
Introduced +
branched +  and simple +
brownish +  and reddish-brown +
glabrous +  and hairy +
wand-like +
appendaged +  and truncate +
papillate +
Artemisia opulenta +, Artemisia vulgaris var. glabra +  and Artemisia vulgaris var. kamtschatica +
Artemisia vulgaris +
Artemisia subg. Artemisia +
species +
funnel +  and subglobose +
cylindric +
fibrous-rooted +  and taprooted +
40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br /> (60 cm600 mm <br />0.6 m <br />) +
60 cm600 mm <br />0.6 m <br /> (190 cm1,900 mm <br />1.9 m <br />) +
shrub +  and subshrub +