common mugwort

Artemisia vulgaris

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Artemisia vulgaris (common mugwort or common wormwood) is one of several species in the genus Artemisia commonly known as mugwort, although Artemisia vulgaris is the species most often called mugwort. This species is also occasionally known as riverside wormwood, felon herb, chrysanthemum weed, wild wormwood, old Uncle Henry, sailor's tobacco, naughty man, old man or St. John's plant (not to b

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Weed of the Month, Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
Invasive Plant Factsheet, University of Connecticut.

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  1. (c) Ralph F Brueggemann, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Ralph F Brueggemann, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/49447456
  2. (c) Jasper, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Jasper, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/89082060
  3. (c) Hank, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Hank, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/137348251
  4. (c) Valentin Hamon, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Valentin Hamon, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/29696623
  5. Adapted by Isaac Winkler from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemisia_vulgaris
  6. (c) Isaac Winkler, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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Flower hue green/inconspicuous
Plant family Asteraceae