Chandigarh Forests

Department of Forest & Wildlife
UT Administration
Chandigarh

ARTEMISIA CAPILLARIES Thunb.

Division
Angiosperms
Class

Dicotledons

Subclass

Gemopetalae

Series

Epigynae

Order

Asterales

Family

Asteraceae

Genus

Artemisia

Species

capillaries

ARTEMISIA CAPILLARIES Thunb.

Etymology:

Named after Artemis daughter of Jupiter and Latona (sister of Apollo) of Greek mythology.

Botanical name

 

Artemisia capillaries Thunb. ( Artemisia scoparia Wald. & Kit. )

Local/Trade names:

 

Wormwood

Description:

Annual, glabrous or sparsely, hairy herbs, to 70 cm high; stem purplish-brown, grooved, with woody rootstock. Leaves 1-3 pinnatisect, to 7.5 cm long; segments filiform, glabrous. Heads sessile or shortly peduncled, discoid, 1.5-2mm across arranged in panicled racemes. Achenses brown, glabrous, minute.

Distribution:

Submontane and montane Himalaya and adjacent plains from Uttar Pradesh to Kashmir; Afghanistan to C. Europe, Japan, China.

Where to see it:

Medicinal plant garden.

Uses:

Decoction of leaves taken as a bitter tonic for worms, and colic; infusion used as a purgative; twigs used as brooms. Flowering tops yield an essential oil; also a fixed oil.

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