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Taxon:  Artemisia annua L.



Summary
Genus:
Artemisia
Family:
Asteraceae (alt. Compositae)
Subfamily:
Asteroideae
Tribe:
Anthemideae
Subtribe:
Artemisiinae
Nomen number:
4275
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:847. 1753
Verified:
06/19/2008 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images
Reference(s)
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    • based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
    • http://www.skud.info
  2. Chinese Academy of Sciences. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. 1959-
  3. Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India. 2000. The wealth of India: a dictionary of Indian raw materials and industrial products. Raw materials (revised edition). New Delhi. 1985-1992 suppl. 1:91-92.
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  12. Hu, S.-Y. Compositae of China. 1970
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  19. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976
  20. Ling, Y.-R. 1995. Survey of Artemisia and Seriphidium (Asteraceae-Anthemideae) in the Himalayan Mountains and the South Asian subcontinent. Compositae Newslett. 26:52.
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Common names
English
annual mugwort –
annual wormwood –
sweet Annie –
sweet sagewort –
sweet wormwood –
French
armoise annuelle –
German
einjähriger Beifuß –
Swedish
sommarmalört –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusArmenia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusAzerbaijan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusGeorgia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian Federation-CiscaucasiaCiscaucasia 
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaKazakhstan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaKyrgyzstan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaTajikistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaTurkmenistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaAfghanistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIran  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaLebanon  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaSyria  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey n.
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeMoldova  
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeRussian Federation-European partEuropean parts.
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeUkraine incl. Krym
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeAlbania  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBosnia and Herzegovina  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBulgaria  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeCroatia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeMontenegro  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeNorth Macedonia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeRomania  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeSerbia  
2Cultivated    also cult.
4Naturalized    widely natzd. in temperate regions
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CAUCASUS: Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia], Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia
  • MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
  • WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan, Iran, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey (n.)
Europe
  • EAST EUROPE: Russian Federation-European part [European part (s.)], Moldova, Ukraine (incl. Krym)
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
Cultivated (also cult.)
Naturalized (widely natzd. in temperate regions)
Economic Uses
Environmental
Medicines
source of artemisinin (Chinese drug "qinghao" fide Pl Res SEAs 12(1):146. 1999; Ency CNatIn ; CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2; Phytother Res 24:792. 2010) –


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