Asteraceae
Sweet sagewort
Artemisia annua
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Artemisia
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Common names
By language (40)
- Arabic
- شيح حولي
- arz
- شيح حولى
- Azerbaijani
- Birillik yovşan
- Belarusian
- Палын аднагадовы
- Bulgarian
- Едногодишен пелин
- Burmese
- ချင်ဟောက်စုပင်
- Catalan
- Artemísia anual
- Chinese
- 黃花蒿, 黄花蒿, 假香菜, 克朗, 好尼一沙里勒吉, 康帕, 沙拉翁, 犱蒿
- Croatian
- Slatki pelin
- Czech
- Pelyněk roční
- Danish
- Kinesisk malurt
- Dutch
- Zomeralsem, Zoete alsem
- English
- Sweet sagewort, Sweet wormwood
- Estonian
- Üheaastane puju
- Finnish
- Kesämaruna
- French
- Armoise annuelle
- German
- Einjähriger Beifuß
- Greek
- ΑΡΤΕΜΙΣΙΑ ΑΝΝΟΥΑ
- Hebrew
- לענה חד-שנתית
- Indonesian
- Anuma
- Japanese
- クソニンジン, 糞人参
- Korean
- 개똥쑥
- Latvian
- Vasaras vībotne
- Macedonian
- Едногодишен пелин
- Malayalam
- ആർട്ടിമീസിയ ആനുവ
- Persian
- گندواش, خاراگوش شیرین, کینگو
- Polish
- Bylica roczna
- Romanian
- Peliniță, Peliniţă
- Russian
- Полынь однолетняя
- Serbian
- Слатки пелин
- Slovenian
- Enoletni pelin
- Swedish
- Sommarmalört
- Tajik
- Бӯгинакҷорӯб
- Tamil
- ஆர்ட்டெமிசியா அன்னுவா
- Thai
- โกฐจุฬาลัมพา
- Turkish
- Peygamber Süpürgesi
- Ukrainian
- Полин однорічний, Цінхао
- Vietnamese
- Thanh hao, Thanh hao hoa vàng
- Welsh
- Y feidiog unflwydd
- wuu
- 黄花蒿
Synonyms
- Artemisia annua f. annua
- Artemisia chamomilla C.Winkl.
- Artemisia wedei Edgew.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Kristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 11:39, 16 September 2007, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 11:40, 16 September 2007, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Pau Pámies Grácia, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Pau Pámies Grácia, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Enrico Blasutto, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: CorentinD, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.