Artemisia scoparia

Artemisia scoparia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Artemisia
Species:	A. scoparia
Binomial name
Artemisia scoparia Waldst. & Kit. 1802 not Maxim. 1859
Synonyms
Synonymy Artemisia capillaris Miq. Artemisia capillaris var. scoparia (Waldst. & Kit.) Pamp. Artemisia elegans Roxb. 1814 not Salisb. 1796 Artemisia gracilis L'Hér. ex DC. Artemisia hallaisanensis var. formosana Pamp. Artemisia kohatica Klatt Artemisia piperita Pall. ex Ledeb. Artemisia sachaliensis Tilesius ex Besser Artemisia scoparioides Grossh. Artemisia trichophylla Wall. ex DC. Draconia capillaris (Thunb.) Soják Draconia scoparia (Waldst. & Kit.) Soják Oligosporus scoparius (Waldst. & Kit.) Less.

Artemisia scoparia is a Eurasian species in the genus Artemisia, in the sunflower family. It is widespread across much of Eurasia from France to Japan, including China, India, Russia, Germany, Poland, central + southwest Asia, etc.

The English common name of Artemisia scoparia is virgate wormwood,capillary wormwood, or redstem wormwood. In Mandarin Chinese it is known as yīn chén (Traditional: 茵陳) and it is an important traditional Chinese medicine, and is considered interchangeable with Artemisia capillaris for that purpose. Its pollen can be allergenic.

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