Artemisia scoparia Waldst. & Kitam.

 
  • Family : ASTERACEAE
    (Composite Or Aster Or Sunflower Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GENDA FAMILY (गेंदा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Compositae
  • Basionym : Oligosporus scoparius (Waldst. & Kit.) Less.
  • Synonym(s) : rtemisia capillaris Miq.; Artemisia elegans Roxb.; Artemisia piperita Pall. ex Ledeb.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Artemisia scoparia Waldst. & Kitam.
  • Common name : Redstem Wormwood
  • Vernacular name :
    • Seeta-bani, Jhau, Lasaj (Hindi)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Dry river beds
  • Comments / notes : Used as a fodder for goats and a cure for pain in the ear. The smoke of twigs is considered good for burns and their infusion is given as a depurative.
  • Key identification features : Glabrous, slender, much branched herb; Heads numerous, small, yellow.
  • Flower, Fruit : July-February
  • Distribution :
    • Gujarat : Sabarkantha district
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Himachal Pradesh : Chamba district, Kinnaur district, Kullu district, Lahaul & Spiti district, Shimla district
    • Delhi : Delhi
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
    • Punjab : Punjab
    • Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
  • Native : Afghanistan, Albania, Altay, Amur, Austria, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Russia, China, Chita, Czechoslovakia, East Aegean Islands, East European Russia, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Gulf States, Hungary, India, Inner Mongolia, Iran,
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Eurasia
  • Literature :
    • Shah G. L. (1978). Flora of Gujarat State Part 1. University Press Sardar Patel University: 369
    • H J, Chowdhery, et al. Flora of Himachal Pradesh. Volume 2, Botanical Survey of India, 1984. Pg.: 364
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Artemisia scoparia. Downloaded on 6 February 2025.

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