Artemisia lavandulifolia

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Asteraceae Edible: Leaves 534 iNaturalist observations

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Description

A herb or shrub. It grows 50-120 cm tall. The stem leaves are narrowly oval and 6-8 cm long by 5-7 cm wide. They have a white coating underneath. They are divided into 2 or 3 pairs of segments.

Edible Uses

Leaves are eaten.

Medicinal Uses

Used in medicine.

Distribution

It is a temperate plant. It grows by roadsides, forest margins, slopes, steppe, canyons, river banks or lake sides, brushlands between 400-3000 m altitude in China. In Sichuan and Yunnan.

Where It Grows

Asia, China, Japan, Korea, Mongolia, Russia,

Notes

Used in medicine. There are about 300 Artemisia species. Chemical composition (Indian sample): Protein = 2.93%. Fat = 2.59%. Carbohydrate = 26.5%. Ash = 10.13%. Rich in sugar, Vitamin A, and Adenine.

Synonyms

Artemisia araneosa KitamuraArtemisia clemensiana PampaniniArtemisia codonocephala DielsArtemisia dubia HaraArtemisia grisea PampaniniArtemisia lavandulaefolia de Candolle var. maximowiczii PampaniniArtemisia lavandulaefolia var. pekinensis PampaniniArtemisia leucophylla KitagawaArtemisia selengensis Turczaninow ex Besser var. umbrosa LedebourArtemisia tritis PampaniniArtemisia umbrosa (Besser) Turczaninow ex de CandolleArtemisia vulgaris Linnaeus var. umbrosa Turczaninow ex Besser.

Also Known As

Aihao

References (4)

Jia, X., et al, 2022, Ethnobotany of wild edible plants in multiethnic areas of the Gansu–Ningxia–Inner Mongolia junction zone. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 18:53
Ling Yuou-ruen & C. J. Humphries, ASTERACEAE (Draft), Tribe ANTHEMIDEAE Cassini, in Flora of China
Prodr. 6:110. 1838
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