Artemisia vulgare (Mugwort)

  • Rowan McOnegal
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Artemisia vulgare (Mugwort). Rowan McOnegal. Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Medium height, downy, perennial plant with dark green pinnate leaves with a downy, silver underside. Clusters of gray-green buds produce small yellow flowers. Has been used to promote menstrual bleeding, as an anthelmintic, and in insecticides where it is often mixed with pyrethrum.

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