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Austrian Mugwort

Artemisia austriaca

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 136, February 101, March 158, April 248, May 358, June 391, July 418, August 360, September 264, October 197, November 108, December 84.
United States2,823
Alaska2,823
Russia2,613
Ukraine634
Voronezh Oblast509
Saratov Oblast407
Penza Oblast261
Kursk Oblast196
Samara Oblast195
Autonomous Republic of Crimea164

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Medicinal useListed as having medicinal use by a harvested source. This is not medical advice.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
  • Pollinator-associated plantDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with pollinators.Inferred from its group

Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderSunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies · Asterales
FamilySunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies · Asteraceae
Genuswormwoods and sagebrushes · Artemisia

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Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Austrian Mugwort with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.