Asteraceae
Oldwoman
Artemisia stelleriana
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Artemisia
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Common names
By language (10)
- Arabic
- شيح صيني
- arz
- شيح صينى
- Chinese
- 銀葉艾, 银叶艾, 狼毒黄蒿
- English
- Oldwoman
- Finnish
- Hiekkamaruna
- French
- Armoise de Steller
- Japanese
- シロヨモギ
- Polish
- Bylica Stellera
- Swedish
- Sandmalört
- Welsh
- Y feidiog wen
Synonyms
- Artemisia chinensis Pursh
- Artemisia stelleriana var. sachalinensis Nakai
- Artemisia stelleriana var. stelleriana
- Artemisia stelleriana var. vesiculosa Franch. & Sav.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: introduced, Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, St. Pierre and Miquelon: introduced
Photos
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Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 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.