| Accepted name: |
Artemisia vulgaris L. |
| Synonym(s): |
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| English names: |
Mugwort
Common Mugwort
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| French names: |
Armoise vulgaire
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
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| OPL Code: |
HARTVU
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
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| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
Cultivated as a medicinal and flavouring plant in W and Central Europe, in places in Asia and elsewhere, e.g., in the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand, China and Brazil.Used as a medicine during labor and child birth(4). |
| Key Characters: |
- |
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