Common Mugwort

Artemisia vulgaris

Plant Data

Order:

Asterales

Family:

Asteraceae (Daisy)

Type:

Flower

Flowering Months:

JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC

Flower:

Brown, no petals

Dense spikes of rayless brown flowers, tinted yellow or purple.

Fruit:

Long, yellow, shiny seed (achene).

Leaves:

Deeply divided, fern-like leaf which is silvery on the underside.

Maximum Size:

125 centimetres tall

Foraging Notes:

The leaves can be eaten, raw or cooked. The leaves can be used to make tea. Bitter-tasting. This plant is mildly toxic so eating in large quantities is inadvisable.
Never consume a wild plant unless you are 100% certain that it is safe to eat and you know that you have identified it correctly.

Aroma:

Leaves smell spicy when crushed.

Other Names:

Armoise, Carline Thistle, Chrysanthemum Weed, Common Wormwood, Cronewort, Douglas Mugwort, Felon Herb, Moxa, Muggons, Old Man, Old Uncle Henry, Sailor's Tobacco, St John's Plant, Wild Wormwood.

Frequency (UK):

Common

Habitats:

Farmland, hedgerows, meadows, roadsides, wasteland, woodland.