Artemisia indica
{{Short description|Species of plant in family Asteraceae}}{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2023}}
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|image=Mugwort imported from iNaturalist photo 180771010 on 26 August 2024.jpg
|genus=Artemisia
|species=indica
|authority=Willd.
|synonyms={{Collapsible list|
- Absinthium moxa {{small|Besser}}
- Artemisia asiatica {{small|Nakai ex Pamp.}}
- Artemisia discolor var. glandulifera {{small|L.F.Hend.}}
- Artemisia dubia var. grata {{small|(Wall. ex Besser) Pamp.}}
- Artemisia dubia f. grata {{small|(Wall. ex Besser) Pamp.}}
- Artemisia dubia var. orientalis {{small|Pamp.}}
- Artemisia elegantissima {{small|Pamp.}}
- Artemisia elegantissima var. kumaonensis {{small|Pamp.}}
- Artemisia flodmanii {{small|Rydb.}}
- Artemisia grata {{small|Wall. ex Besser}}
- Artemisia indica var. orientalis {{small|(Pamp.) H.Hara}}
- Artemisia leptophylla {{small|D.Don}}
- Artemisia leptostachya {{small|DC.}}
- Artemisia longiflora {{small|Pamp.}}
- Artemisia momiyamae {{small|Kitam.}}
- Artemisia princeps var. orientalis {{small|H.Hara}}
- Artemisia vulgaris var. flodmanii {{small|(Rydb.) M.Peck}}
- Artemisia vulgaris subsp. flodmanii {{small|(Rydb.) H.M.Hall & Clem.}}
- Artemisia vulgaris var. glandulifera {{small|(L.F.Hend.) M.Peck}}
- Artemisia vulgaris var. indica {{small|(Willd.) Hassk.}}
- Artemisia vulgaris var. vulgatissima {{small|Besser}}
- Artemisia wallichiana {{small|Besser}}
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Artemisia indica, the Indian wormwood, is a widespread species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae.{{cite web |title=Indian Wormwood |url=http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Indian%20Wormwood.html |date=2023 |website=flowersofindia.net |publisher=Flowers of India |access-date=15 September 2023 |quote=Common name: Indian Wormwood, Mugwort }} It is native to the Indian Subcontinent (except Bangladesh), mainland Southeast Asia, China (except Xinjiang and Qinghai), Taiwan, the Philippines, Korea, the Ryukyu Islands, and Japan, and it has been introduced to Peninsular Malaysia.{{cite POWO |id=179626-1 |title=Artemisia indica Willd. |access-date=15 September 2023 }} In the wild it is typically found alongside roads, on slopes, in forest edges, and in scrublands at elevations below {{cvt|2000|m}}.{{cite web |url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200023244 |title=五月艾 wu yue ai |author= |date=2023 |website=Flora of China |publisher=efloras.org |access-date=15 September 2023 }}
Subtaxa
The following varieties are accepted:
- Artemisia indica var. dissecta {{small|Pamp.}} – Assam
- Artemisia indica var. elegantissima {{small|(Pamp.) Y.R.Ling & Humphries}} – northern Pakistan, western Himalayas, southeastern Tibet
- Artemisia indica var. indica – entire range
- Artemisia indica var. kumaonensis {{small|(Pamp.) Karthik. & Moorthy}} – western Himalayas
- Artemisia indica var. momiyamae {{small|(Kitam.) H.Hara}} – Honshu
References
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Category:Flora of the Indian subcontinent
Category:Flora of Eastern Asia
Category:Flora of the Philippines
Category:Plants described in 1803
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