Artemisia gmelinii explained

Artemisia gmelinii, also known as Artemisia sacrorum, is a perennial shrub in the family Asteraceae. It is commonly known as Russian wormood or Gmelin's wormwood.

Description

Artemisia gmelinii is a perennial shrub growing up to 150cm (60inches) tall. It has thick and mossy leaves which are elliptic and bi-pinnately dissected.^[1] Inflorescences are spherical and densely arranged.^[2]

Distribution and habitat

It is native to China, Russia, Japan, and other parts of central Asia.^[3] It grows in a variety of habitats such as hills, meadows, roadsides, slopes and forest steppes.^[4]

Uses

A. gmelinii contains veratric acid.^[5] In Korea, the leaf and stem are used to treat hepatitis, hyperlipaemia and infected cholecystitis. It contains flavonoids, sesquiterpenes and other bio-active constituents. This plant has 1% essential oil.^[6] Dried parts of the plant are used in traditional Chinese medicine.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Artemisia gmelinii in Ornamental Plants From Russia And Adjacent States Of The Former Soviet Union @ efloras.org . 2024-10-19 . www.efloras.org.
2. Mamatova . Aliya S . Korona-Glowniak . Izabela . Skalicka-Woźniak . Krystyna . Józefczyk . Aleksandra . Wojtanowski . Krzysztof K. . Baj . Tomasz . Sakipova . Zuriyadda B. . Malm . Anna . 2019-10-28 . Phytochemical composition of wormwood (Artemisia gmelinii) extracts in respect of their antimicrobial activity . BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine . 19 . 1 . 288 . 10.1186/s12906-019-2719-x . 6819330 . 31660943 . free.
3. Artemisia gmelinii Weber ex Stechm . 179537-1 . 2023-05-25.
4. Web site: Artemisia gmelinii in Flora of China @ efloras.org . 2024-10-16 . www.efloras.org.
5. Web site: PubChem . Artemisia sacrorum . 2023-05-25 . pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov . en.
6. Web site: Artemisia gmelinii Russian Wormwood, Gmelin's wormwood PFAF Plant Database . 2023-09-06 . pfaf.org.