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|accepted_name=Artemisia vulgaris
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=2: 848. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Common mugwort;felon-herb;green-ginger;armoise vulgaire
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Artemisia opulenta
|authority=Pampanini
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Artemisia vulgaris var. glabra
|authority=Ledebour
|rank=variety
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Artemisia vulgaris var. kamtschatica
|authority=Besser
|rank=variety
}}
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Anthemideae;Artemisia;Artemisia subg. Artemisia;Artemisia vulgaris
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Anthemideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Artemisia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subgenus</small>[[Artemisia subg. Artemisia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Artemisia vulgaris]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 19
|mention_page=page 503, 522, 534
|treatment_page=page 533
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Perennials,</b> (40–)60–190 cm, sometimes faintly aromatic (rhizomes coarse). <b>Stems</b> relatively numerous, erect, brownish to reddish brown, simple proximally, branched distally (angularly ribbed), sparsely hairy or glabrous. <b>Leaves</b> basal (petiolate) and cauline (sessile), uniformly green or bicolor; blades broadly lanceolate, ovate, or linear, (2–)3–10(–12) × 1.8–8 cm (proximal reduced and entire, distal pinnately dissected, lobes to 20 mm wide), faces pubescent or glabrescent (abaxial) or glabrous (adaxial). <b>Heads</b> in compact, paniculiform or racemiform arrays (10–)20–30(–40) × (5–)7–15(–20) cm. <b>Involucres</b> ovoid to campanulate, 2–3(–4) mm. <b>Phyllaries</b> lanceolate, hairy or glabrescent. <b>Florets</b>: pistillate 7–10; bisexual (5–)8–20; corollas yellowish to reddish brown, 1.5–3 mm, glabrous (style branches arched-curved, truncate, ciliate). <b>Cypselae</b> ellipsoid, 0.5–1(–1.2) mm, glabrous, sometimes resinous. <b>2n</b> = 18, 36, 40, 54.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering mid summer–late fall.
|habitat=Sandy or loamy soils, forested areas, coastal strands, roadsides
|elevation=0–500 m
|distribution=Greenland;Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Sask.;Ala.;Alaska;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Idaho;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Mo.;Mont.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Oreg.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;Eurasia.
|discussion=<p>Grown as a medicinal plant, most commonly as a vermifuge, <i>Artemisia vulgaris</i> is widely established in eastern North America and is often weedy in disturbed sites. Populational differences in morphologic forms are reflected in size of flowering heads, degree of dissection of leaves, and overall color of plants (from pale to dark green), suggesting multiple introductions that may date back to the first visits by Europeans. It is tempting to recognize the different forms as subspecies and varieties; the array of variation in the field is bewildering. If genetically distinct forms exist in native populations, the differences appear to have been blurred by introgression among the various introductions in North America. A case could be made for recognizing var. kamtschatica in Alaska based on its larger heads and shorter growth form; apparent introgression with populations that extend across Canada confounds that taxonomic segregation.</p>
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name=Artemisia vulgaris
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=subgenus
|synonyms=Artemisia opulenta;Artemisia vulgaris var. glabra;Artemisia vulgaris var. kamtschatica
|basionyms=
|family=Asteraceae
|phenology=Flowering mid summer–late fall.
|habitat=Sandy or loamy soils, forested areas, coastal strands, roadsides
|elevation=0–500 m
|distribution=Greenland;Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Sask.;Ala.;Alaska;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Idaho;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Mo.;Mont.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Oreg.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;Eurasia.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/eaa6e58056e40c9ef614d8f47aea294977a1a5e9/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V19-20-21/V19_928.xml
|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Anthemideae
|genus=Artemisia
|subgenus=Artemisia subg. Artemisia
|species=Artemisia vulgaris
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