Chandigarh Forests
Department of Forest & Wildlife
UT Administration
Chandigarh
Department of Forest & Wildlife
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Division
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Angiosperms
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Class
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Dicotledons |
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Subclass
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Gemopetalae |
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Series |
Epigynae |
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Order
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Asterales |
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Family
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Asteraceae |
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Genus
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Artemisia |
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Species
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capillaries |
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Etymology: |
Named after Artemis daughter of Jupiter and Latona (sister of Apollo) of Greek mythology. |
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Botanical name
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Artemisia capillaries Thunb. ( Artemisia scoparia Wald. & Kit. ) |
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Local/Trade names:
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Wormwood |
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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. |
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Distribution: |
Submontane and montane Himalaya and adjacent plains from Uttar Pradesh to Kashmir; Afghanistan to C. Europe, Japan, China. |
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Where to see it: |
Medicinal plant garden. |
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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. |
