- Family : ASTERACEAE
(Composite Or Aster Or Sunflower Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : GENDA FAMILY (गेंदा फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Compositae
- Synonym(s) : Absinthium mollissimum Besser; Artemisia capillaris var. acaulis Pamp.; Artemisia capillaris var. arbuscula Miq.; Artemisia capillaris f. glabra Pamp.; Artemisia capillaris var. sachalinensis (Tilesius ex Besser) Pamp.; Artemisia capillaris f. sericea (Nakai) Pamp.; Artemisia capillaris var. sericea Nakai; Artemisia hallaisanensis Nakai; Artemisia hallaisanensis var. formosana Pamp.; Artemisia hallaisanensis f. parvula Pamp.; Artemisia hallaisanensis var. philippinensis Pamp.; Artemisia hallaisanensis f. swatowiana Pamp.; Artemisia japonica f. vestita Pamp.; Artemisia mollissima D.Don; Artemisia sachalinensis Tilesius ex Besser; Draconia capillaris (Thunb.) Soják; Oligosporus capillaris (Thunb.) Poljakov
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Artemisia capillaris Thunb.
- Common name : Redstem Wormwood
- Vernacular name :
- Seeta-bani, Jhau, Lasaj (Hindi)
- Jhan, Biur, Marua, Durunga, Dona (Punjabi)
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Humid slopes, hills, terraces, roadsides, riverbanks; 100 - 2700 m. altitude
- Comments / notes : A very common plant, especially at low altitudes, in sandy-clay soils after late winter rains. Artemisia capillaris is well known as a source of diuretic and detoxifying medicines.
- Flower, Fruit : August-October
- Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Native : China, Hainan, Inner Mongolia, Irkutsk, Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Mongolia, Nansei-shoto, Pakistan, Primorye, Qinghai, Tibet, Xinjiang
- Exotic/Native : Exotic
- World Distribution : Pakistan to Japan and Afghanistan, Borneo, Cambodia, India, Jawa, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya
- Literature :
- Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 149
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Artemisia capillaris. Downloaded on 7 September 2024.
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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