Asteraceae
Redstem wormwood
Artemisia scoparia
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Artemisia
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Common names
By language (19)
- Arabic
- شيح مكنسي
- arz
- شيح مكنسى
- Azerbaijani
- Pürən yovşan
- Belarusian
- Палын венічны
- Bulgarian
- Метловиден пелин
- Chinese
- 猪毛蒿, 茵蔯蒿, 茵陈蒿, 黃蒿, 万年蒿, 东北茵陈蒿, 亚布泉, 伊麻干-沙里尔日
- Czech
- Pelyněk metlatý
- English
- Redstem wormwood
- Estonian
- Pöörispuju
- Finnish
- Siromaruna
- German
- Besen-Beifuß
- Japanese
- ハマヨモギ
- Kazakh
- Қурай жусан
- Kyrgyz
- Бүргөн
- Persian
- درمنه شرقی
- Polish
- Bylica miotłowa
- Romanian
- Pelin de mături
- Russian
- Полынь веничная
- Slovenian
- Metlasti pelin
Synonyms
- Artemisia capillaris Miq.
- Artemisia capillaris var. scoparia (Waldst. & Kit.) Pamp.
- Artemisia elegans Roxb.
- Artemisia gracilis L'Hér. ex DC.
- Artemisia hallaisanensis f. hallaisanensis
- Artemisia hallaisanensis var. formosana Pamp.
- Artemisia hallaisanensis var. hallaisanensis
- Artemisia hallaisanensis var. philippinensis Pamp.
- Artemisia kohatica Klatt
- Artemisia piperita Pall. ex Ledeb.
- Artemisia scoparia var. scoparia
- Artemisia scoparioides Grossh.
- Artemisia trichophylla Wall. ex DC.
- Draconia scoparia (Waldst. & Kit.) Soják
- Oligosporus scoparius (Waldst. & Kit.) Poljakov
- Oligosporus scoparius (Waldst. & Kit.) Less.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Biennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Sergey Basalaev, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Mokkie, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: KAnatoliy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist Photo: iBushcrafter, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Urgamal Magsar, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Mokkie, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: penelope Gaillard, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Святослав Власенко, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alexander Dubynin, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: M. Hedayat, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Святослав Власенко, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alexander Dubynin, 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.