Artemisia vulgaris       0

This is a perennial herb, usually non-rhizomatous, sometimes with horizontal rhizome, weakly aromatic. The stems are 0.4-1.3m, simple or little branched at the base, erect, striated, very leafy, finely pubescent, often purple.

The leaves discolored, on the upper side dark green and glabrous or glabrescent, without glands, on the lower side of an ashy gray or whitish, tomentose. The lower leaves are 9-12 x 5-8cm, 1-2 pinnatipartite or pinnatisect, broadly elliptical, with 2 pairs of first-order segments of 3.5-6.5 x 2-3.5cm, irregularly pinnatifid, 2-3 toothed, with petiole 1-4cm, narrowly cuneate. The middle and upper leaves are 6-8 x 3-6cm, 1-2 pinnatisect, with 2(3) pairs of first-order segments of 2-4.5 x 1.8-3.7cm, elliptical, revolute, irregularly pinnatipartite or with 1 or 2 lateral teeth of 5-18mm, sessile or subsessile.

The inflorescence is 30-40 x 12-20cm, in wide panicle, foliose, with pinnatisect or tripartite leaves, very branched, with branches up to 18cm, erect-patent, straight, the lower ones with branches of 1-2cm, with numerous densely arranged flowerheads. The flowerheads are 3.5-4 x 2.8-3.5mm, heterogamous and disciform, hemispherical or short subcylindrical, with 18-20 flowers, erect, sessile or subsessile. The bract is 2-3 x 0.3-0.4mm, linear, shorter than the flowerhead. The involucres is 3.3-3.7 x 2.8-3.5mm, hemispherical or shortly subcylindrical, not depressed in fruiting, arachnoid-tomentose. The bracts are arranged in 3 or 4 series, the outer ones 1.4-1.5 x 0.5-0.6mm, lanceolate, with a narrow hyaline band on the margin, the inner ones 2.5-3 x 2,6-0.8mm, oblong or elliptical, with a wide hyaline band at the margin and apex. The receptacle is plano-convex, glabrous. The outer flowers are female, tubular. The corolla is 1.3-1.5mm, filiform, without distinct lobes, yellowish. With the hermaphrodite florets the corolla is 2-2,1mm, inserted vertically on the ovary, reddish in the upper half, yellowish in the rest, glabrous.

The achenes are 1,7-1,9 x circa 0.5mm, fusiform, finely striated longitudinally, with the terminal style scar, glabrous, reddish-brown, with lighter longitudinal lines.

It is an edible plant. Its young shoots, which have a sweet and bitter taste, can be eaten in salads, used to flavor various cooked dishes or even make donuts. You can also make herbal teas, especially using its roots.

Medicinal plant
It has a lot of medicinal properties. It is febrifuge, antispasmodic, vermifuge, stomachic, antiseptic, antimalarial, emmenagogue and antiepileptic. Considered a digestive and fortifying plant, it stimulates digestive functions and appetite and improves food assimilation. In infusion, it regulates the menstrual cycle in menopause and treats urinary tract infections.

References
- Encyclopédie des plantes alimentaires, Michel Chauvet. 2018 pag. 106. ISBN
- Flora iberica, Santiago Castroviejo. 2010 Vol. 16(3) pag. 1723-1724. ISBN
- Larousse des plantes médicinales, A. Chevallier. 2019 pag. 173. ISBN
- Plantes comestibles, cueillette & recettes des 4 saisons, C. Anglade, G. Lalière, C. Leray. 2012. ISBN

- Seeds of woody plants in the United States, Schopmeyer Clifford Scharff and others. 1974 pag. 235-237. Address
- Flore forestière française : Guide écologique illustré, Jean-Claude Rameau, Dominique Mansion, Gérard Dumé & Christian Gauberville. 2003 Vol. 2 pag. 460-463. ISBN
- eFloras. eFloras.org Vol. 2 pag. 102682. Artemisia
- Estudios crìticos sobre la flora de Chile, Reiche, Karl. Anales de la Universidad de Chile 1903. Address
- Flora iberica, Santiago Castroviejo. 2010 Vol. 16(3) pag. 1717-1753. ISBN
- Flora of North America. Artemisia
- Flore pratique du Maroc, Mohamed Fennane, Mohammed Ibn Tattou. 2007 Vol. 3 pag. 254-260. ISBN
- Mountain Flora of Greece, Volume 2, Arne Strid. 1991 pag. 453-455. ISBN
- Sphaeromeria, a Genus Closer to Artemisia Than to Tanacetum (Asteraceae: Anthemideae), Holmgren, Arthur and Shultz, Leila and Lowrey, Timothy. Brittonia 1976 Vol. 28 pag. 255-262. DOI
- The genus Artemisia : A comprehensive review, Bora, Kundan and Sharma, Anupam. Pharmaceutical biology 2011 Vol. 49 pag. 101-9. DOI
- Hommes et Plantes. Vol. 118 pag. 4-12. Address

Indigenous plant
Biological type: plant
Frost resistance: 5ºF
Leaf color: dark green
Flower color: white
Reproduction mode: trimonoecious plant that bears hermaphroditic flowers, female flowers and male flowers on the same plant
Indexed Invasive species Château Pérouse.
Indexed Susceptible to the bacteria Xylella fastidiosa The Regional Directorate for Food, Agriculture and Forestry.

Specifications for the Mediterranean basin
Adult size (h x w): 3,9ft x 2,6ft
Sun exposure: full sun (Sun hours: >6h
Foliage: semi-evergreen
Growth: fast
Flowering time from July until September

Specific information for our garden
Planting substrate: 20%Compost+40%Clay+40%Sand
Plant watering: 1x a week pH 6.5
Logical sequence of containers for: Perennials; forestry plate 8cm, 1L container, 2L forestry pot, 6L container, 55L container
Propagation is done by cuttings

Ecology in its country of origin
Rainfall: 300-1600mm
Gravelly soil: much

SPRING Sow the seeds at 2mm depth in the Well Drained Seed Sowing Mix between 68-77°F. During germination keep the substrate moist and in daylight.
The average seed weight is 6250,0 per gram (0,00016g).

Germination references
- Mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris L.) Aqueous extract: Hormesis and biostimulant activity for seed germination and seedling growth in vegetable crops, Pannacci, Euro and Baratta, Selene and Falcinelli, Beatrice and Farneselli, Michela and Tei, Francesco. Agriculture 2022 Vol. 12(9) pag. 1329. Address
- Perennial seed germination information, Kootenay Local Agricultural Society . 2008. Address
- Salinity tolerance during germination of seashore halophytes and salt-tolerant grass cultivars, Hanslin, Hans Martin and Eggen, Trine. Seed Science Research 2005 Vol. 15 pag. 43 - 50. DOI
- Seeds: Ecology, Biogeography, and, Evolution of Dormancy and Germination, Baskin, Carol & Baskin, J.M. 2014 pag. 1-1586. DOI
- The influence of temperature and light on seed germination of mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris L.), Onen, H. Zeitschrift fü Pflanzenphysiologie 2006 Vol. 20 pag. 393. Address


Germination references for the genus
- Seeds of woody plants in the United States, Schopmeyer Clifford Scharff and others. 1974 pag. 235-237. Address
- USDA Forest Service's Woody Plant Seed Manual, John K. Francis and Craig D.Whitesell. 2008. Address

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