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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Artemisia vulgaris   FAMILY Asteraceae__   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Artemisia vulgaris   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Artemisia vulgaris

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)

Artemisia vulgaris

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-83-001:

Artemisia vulgaris   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Artemisia vulgaris

 

COMMON NAME:
Mugwort, Felon Herb


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image of Artemisia vulgaris, Mugwort, Felon Herb

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_arvu_001_lvd

        

image of Artemisia vulgaris, Mugwort, Felon Herb

USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970    swus_page_375

        

image of Artemisia vulgaris, Mugwort, Felon Herb

JK Marlow    jkm120310_275

March    Spartanburg County    SC

Leaves green and sparsely pubescent above, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Artemisia vulgaris, Mugwort, Felon Herb

JK Marlow    jkm100513_002

May    Greenville County    SC

Lake Conestee Nature Park

image of Artemisia vulgaris, Mugwort, Felon Herb

JK Marlow    jkm100513_013

May    Greenville County    SC

Lake Conestee Nature Park

Leaves tomentose on the lower surface, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Artemisia vulgaris, Mugwort, Felon Herb

JK Marlow    jkm120526_554

May    Spartanburg County    SC

Leaves 2-pinnatifid, with 1-2 stipule-like lobes at the base, per Weakley's Flora.


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image of Artemisia vulgaris, Mugwort, Felon Herb

Gill Newberry    gn09_a_vulgaris_flowers

September        

image of Artemisia vulgaris, Mugwort, Felon Herb

Gill Newberry    gn09_a_vulgaris_habitat

September        

image of Artemisia vulgaris, Mugwort, Felon Herb

JK Marlow    jkm130928_754

September    Spartanburg County    SC

Population differences suggest multiple introductions over several centuries, per Flora of North America.

image of Artemisia vulgaris, Mugwort, Felon Herb

JK Marlow    jkm130928_755

September    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Artemisia vulgaris, Mugwort, Felon Herb

JK Marlow    jkm130928_761

September    Spartanburg County    SC

Leaves grayish-tomentose beneath, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Artemisia vulgaris, Mugwort, Felon Herb

JK Marlow    jkm130928_765

September    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Artemisia vulgaris, Mugwort, Felon Herb

JK Marlow    jkm180925_4981

September    Greenville County    SC

Rays absent; disc flowers greenish, 1-2mm long. Heads in panicles, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Artemisia vulgaris, Mugwort, Felon Herb

JK Marlow    jkm180925_4983

September    Greenville County    SC

image of Artemisia vulgaris, Mugwort, Felon Herb

JK Marlow    jkm180925_4986

September    Greenville County    SC

The array of variation in the field is bewildering, per Flora of North America.

image of Artemisia vulgaris, Mugwort, Felon Herb

Roxanna Martin    rlm91010_162

September    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Artemisia vulgaris, Mugwort, Felon Herb

Roxanna Martin    rlm9410_475

September    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Artemisia vulgaris, Mugwort, Felon Herb

Roxanna Martin    rlm9609_134

September    Spartanburg County    SC

Noxious weed, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Artemisia vulgaris, Mugwort, Felon Herb

JK Marlow    jkm131020_954

October    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Artemisia vulgaris, Mugwort, Felon Herb

JK Marlow    jkm181001_5172

October    Greenville County    SC

image of Artemisia vulgaris, Mugwort, Felon Herb

Roxanna Martin    rlm10210_66

October    Spartanburg County    SC

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Artemisia vulgaris   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Artemisia vulgaris   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Artemisia vulgaris

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Artemisia vulgaris

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-83-001:
Artemisia vulgaris   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Artemisia vulgaris

 

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Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Roadsides, pastures, fencerows, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Eurasia

Common (uncommon in Mountains of GA & SC) (rare elsewhere in GA)

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Invasive?

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: Greenish
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual and fertile

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene

 

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