Artemisia verlotiorum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Artemisia
Species:
A. verlotiorum
Binomial name
Artemisia verlotiorum
Lamotte
Synonyms[1]
  • Artemisia verlotorum Lamotte, correct spelling according to Tropicos[2]
  • Artemisia leptostachya DC.
  • Artemisia selengensis Turcz.

Artemisia verlotiorum, the Chinese mugwort, is a species of plant in the sunflower family, widespread across much of Eurasia.[3][4]

Etymology

It is named for Jean Baptiste Verlot, who first distinguished the plant from Artemisia vulgaris in 1877 and for his brother Pierre Bernard Verlot, and is sometimes referred to as Verlot's Mugwort.[5]

Description

It has oblong reddish to brown capitula, its stems are green and the leaves broader, lighter colored and denser on the stem. The plant is more strongly and pleasantly aromatic than Artemisia vulgaris.[6] It flowers very late in the summer, but reproduces mainly by stolons, thus forming thick groups. Chinese Mugwort shares the same habitat as Artemisia vulgaris, and both are very common.

Artemisia verlotiorum is often confused with Artemisia vulgaris ("common mugwort"), which is closely related.[7]

Differences between Artemisia verlotiorum Artemisia vulgaris
Growth formrhizomes present, plant strongly stoloniferousrhizomes absent or present, plant not stoloniferous
Leaveslighter greendark green
Lobes of adult leaveslanceolate and entireovate-lanceolate and toothed
Synflorescencegreen, noddingbrownish, erect
Connective above antheracuminateacute
Scentaromaticnot aromatic
Flowering periodSeptember–NovemberJuly–September
Chromosome number2n = 482n = 16

References

Wikispecies has information related to Artemisia verlotiorum.
  1. ↑ The Plant List Artemisia verlotiorum Lamotte
  2. ↑ Tropicos, Artemisia verlotiorum Lamotte
  3. ↑ Flora of China, 南艾蒿 nan ai hao Artemisia verlotorum Lamotte, Mém. Assoc. Franç. Congr. Clermont Ferrand. 1876: 511. 1876.
  4. ↑ Altervista Flora Italiana, Assenzio dei fratelli Verlot, Artemisia verlotiorum Lamotte
  5. ↑ Haider, F.; A.A. Naqvi; G.D. Bagchi (Sep–Oct 2006). "Chemical Constituents of Artemisia verlotiorum Essential Oil on Cultivation at the Subtropical Conditions of North India". Journal of Essential Oil Research. 18 (5): 551–552. doi:10.1080/10412905.2006.9699164. S2CID 95887293. Retrieved 2008-01-18.
  6. ↑ "Artemisia". IENICA Database. IENICA. Retrieved 2011-02-16.
  7. ↑ Eleonora Gabrielian & Joan Vallès Xirau: New Data about the Genus Artemisia L. (Asteraceae) in Armenia. Willdenowia Bd. 26, H. 1/2 (Nov. 29, 1996), pp. 245-250. Archived June 15, 2011, at the Wayback Machine


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