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NOMENCLATURE
Artemisia : see A. vulgaris
verlotiorum : named after the brothers Verlot, who first distinguished it from A. vulgaris.
Mugwort : see A. vulgaris.
OTHER NAMES : Chinese mugwort.
BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION
BSBI Picture Link to Artemisia verlotiorum
TYPE : perennial herb resembling A. vulgaris, more strongly & pleasently aromatic, not caespitose, with long rhizomes & overwintering leaf rosettes, stem more denseley & persistently pubescent, with a small central pith & broader green peripheral tissues. HP. LEAVES : segments elongated, linear-lanceolate to linear, even the smaller veins clearly translucent. FLOWERS : heads 3.5-5mm, 2.5-3(4)mm diam., ellipsoid, the inflorescence branches arcuate-divaricate & the whole inflorescence very leafy. Involucral bracts only thinly arachnoid-pubescent. Fl. 10-11. 2n=54. FRUIT : achenes not seen in Britain.
HABITAT : waysides, waste places.
DISTRIBUTION : introduced, first noticed 1908. London, N. to Lanes & N'thum. S.W. China.
BSBI Distribution Map for to Artemisia verlotiorum (UK)
HYBRID : A. vulgaris x A. verlotiorum. Wurzell.
INFO LINKS FOR Artemisia verlotiorum
Wikipedia (UK)
Aliens of Belgium (BEL)
'Artemisia, Wild in the British Isles', Compiled by James M. Burton 2004 |