Artemisia montana

(Nakai) Pampan

Asteraceae Edible: Leaves 38 iNaturalist observations

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Summary

A perennial herb growing to 1.8 m with hermaphroditic flowers pollinated by insects. Flowers August to September with seeds ripening September to October. Adapts to light sandy, medium loamy, and heavy clay soils with well-drained conditions and mildly acid to mildly alkaline pH. Tolerates semi-shade and both dry and moist soils, including drought.

Description

A herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows 150-200 cm tall. It has creeping rhizomes. The leaves on the middle of the stem are oval and 13-19 cm long by 4-12 cm wide. They are grey underneath. They are divided into 2 or 3 pairs of segments along the stalk.

Edible Uses

Edible Parts: Leaves Edible Uses: Tea Young leaves - cooked. A tea is made from the leaves.

Traditional Uses

The leaves are used as a vegetable with rice and also used in soup.

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Medicinal Uses

None known

Distribution

It is a temperate plant. It grows along roadsides, in shrublands and on the edges of forests from 300-2,800 m above sea level in China.

Where It Grows

Asia, China, Japan, Korea, Russia,

Propagation

Seed - surface sow from late winter to early summer in a greenhouse, making sure that the compost does not dry out. When large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots and grow them on in the greenhouse for their first winter. Plant out in late spring or early summer. Division in spring or autumn. Basal cuttings in late spring. Harvest the young shoots when about10 - 15cm long, pot up in a lightly shaded position in a greenhouse or cold frame and plant them out when well rooted. Very easy.

Other Uses

None known Special Uses

Notes

There are about 300 Artemisia species.

Also Known As

Chamssuk

References (4)

Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital. 36:461. 1930
Ong, H. G., et al, 2015, Ethnobotany of the wild edible plants gathered in Ulleung Island, South Korea. Genet Resourc Crop Evol. Springer
Plants for a Future database, The Field, Penpol, Lostwithiel, Cornwall, PL22 0NG, UK. http://www.scs.leeds.ac.uk/pfaf/
Trendafilova, A., et al, 2020, Research Advances on Health Effects of Edible Artemisia Species and Some Sesquiterpene Lactones Constituents. Foods 2021, 10, 65. p 4