Common name:
Mugwort
Family:
Scientific name:
Artemisia vulgaris
Main flower color:
Range:
Coastal and lower elevation regions of most of the British Isles; least common in Ireland
Height:
Up to 120 cm
Habitat:
Verges, fields, waste ground
Flowers:
Flowerheads, 2 or 3 mm in diameter, are whitish-green in bud, opening to reveal a small number of reddish disc florets, and each is subtended by a thin green bract, with lighter-coloured margins. Flowerheads are arranged in short, vertical clusters, from the upper leaf nodes
Leaves:
Up to 8 cm long; twice pinnately divided into narrow, pointed segments, around 5 mm across. Hairless above, cottony-hairy below, with lighter-coloured midveins. At closely-spaced intervals along downy stems, which are angled, and reddish along the edges
Season:
July to September
Rarity:
★★★★★
