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Bayer Code : artve

Scientific name: Artemisia verlotiorum Lamotte


Synonym(s) of Sc. name:

Classification: Compositae, Dicotyledonous

Common name: chinese mugwort

Synonym(s) of Common name:

Name per country: DE : Kamtschatka-Beifuß ; ES : ; FR : armoise des Verlot ; IT : artemisia dei fratelli Verlot ; PT : ; EN : chinese mugwort ;

Biological type: Perennial with rhizomes


Seedling snapshot Seedling:

- Cotyledons elliptical to ovate, with rounded tip, sessile.

- Leaves divided.


Adult plant snapshot Adult plant snapshot Adult plant:

- Height: 40-120 cm.

- Stem ascending, tomentose.

- Lower leaves in pseudo-rosette. Leaves fine, green, smooth on lower face, lobed not dentate but pointed.

- Flowers reddish with corolla without glandulous tube,solitary capitulum.

- Plant with highly aromatic leaves .

- Risk of confusion with Artemisia vulgaris L.

- Biological type: perennial with rhizomes

Mistake with: Artemisia vulgaris


Ecological profile (click on flags): Spain   Rare     France  Present    

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