Artemisia scoparia

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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|image = Redstem wormwood (Artemisia scoparia).jpg

|genus = Artemisia

|species = scoparia

|authority = Waldst. & Kit. 1802 not Maxim. 1859[http://www.tropicos.org/NameSearch.aspx?name=Artemisia+scoparia&commonname= Tropicos search for Artemisia scoparia]

|synonyms_ref = [http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/gcc-142288 The Plant List Artemisia scoparia Waldst. & Kitam. ]

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|title=Synonymy

|Artemisia capillaris Miq.

|Artemisia capillaris var. scoparia (Waldst. & Kit.) Pamp.

|Artemisia elegans Roxb. 1814Roxb. Hort. Bengal. 61 1814 not Salisb. 1796

|Artemisia gracilis L'Hér. ex DC.

|Artemisia hallaisanensis var. formosana Pamp.

|Artemisia kohatica Klatt

|Artemisia piperita Pall. ex Ledeb.

|Artemisia sachaliensis Tilesius ex Besser

|Artemisia scoparioides Grossh.

|Artemisia trichophylla Wall. ex DC.

|Draconia capillaris (Thunb.) Soják

|Draconia scoparia (Waldst. & Kit.) Soják

|Oligosporus scoparius (Waldst. & Kit.) Less.

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Artemisia scoparia is a Eurasian species in the genus Artemisia, in the sunflower family. It is widespread across much of Eurasia from France to Japan, including China, India, Russia, Germany, Poland, central + southwest Asia, etc.[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200023326 Flora of China, 猪毛蒿 zhu mao hao, Artemisia scoparia Waldstein & Kitaibel, Descr. Icon. Pl. Hung. 1: 66. 1802. ][http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/taxa/index1.php?scientific-name=artemisia+scoparia Altervista Flora Italiana, Assenzio scopario, Artemisia scoparia Waldst. & Kit.] includes photos and European distribution map

The English common name of Artemisia scoparia is virgate wormwood,{{Cite book|url=http://www.forest.go.kr/kna/special/download/English_Names_for_Korean_Native_Plants.pdf |title=English Names for Korean Native Plants |publisher=Korea National Arboretum |year=2015 |isbn=978-89-97450-98-5 |location=Pocheon |pages=360–361 |access-date=25 January 2017 |via=Korea Forest Service |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525105020/http://www.forest.go.kr/kna/special/download/English_Names_for_Korean_Native_Plants.pdf |archivedate=25 May 2017 }} capillary wormwood, or redstem wormwood. In Mandarin Chinese it is known as yīn chén (Traditional: 茵陳) and it is an important traditional Chinese medicine,{{citation needed|date=April 2013}}{{Cite journal |last1=Ding |first1=Jiwei |last2=Wang |first2=Linlin |last3=He |first3=Chunnian |last4=Zhao |first4=Jun |last5=Si |first5=Lijun |last6=Huang |first6=Hua |date=2021-06-12 |title=Artemisia scoparia: Traditional uses, active constituents and pharmacological effects |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378874121001860 |journal=Journal of Ethnopharmacology |language=en |volume=273 |pages=113960 |doi=10.1016/j.jep.2021.113960 |pmid=33636317 |s2cid=232065726 |issn=0378-8741}} and is considered interchangeable with Artemisia capillaris for that purpose. Its pollen can be allergenic.{{cite journal |author1=Jaggi KS |author2=Gangal SV |title=Isolation and identification of pollen allergens of Artemisia scoparia |journal=J Allergy Clin Immunol |volume=80 |issue=4 |pages=569–572 |year=1987 |pmid=3668120 |doi=10.1016/0091-6749(87)90008-X}}