Rank Species | Genus Artemisia Higher classification Mugworts | |
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Similar Mugworts, Daisy family, Capillary wormwood, Artemisia pontica, Artemisia campestris |
Plain tiger feeding on artemisia scoparia
Artemisia scoparia is a Eurasian species in the genus Artemisia, in the sunflower family. It is widespread across much of Eurasia from France to Japan, including China, India, Russia, Germany, Poland, central + southwest Asia, etc.
Contents
- Plain tiger feeding on artemisia scoparia
- King crow butterfly feeding on artemisia scoparia
- Chemical constituents
- References

The English common name of Artemisia scoparia is virgate wormwood, capillary wormwood, or redstem wormwood. In Mandarin Chinese it is known as yīn chén (Traditional: 茵陳) and it is an important traditional Chinese medicine, and is considered interchangeable with Artemisia capillaris for that purpose. Its pollen can be allergenic.
King crow butterfly feeding on artemisia scoparia
Chemical constituents
- Capillarisin
- Chlorogenic acid butyl ester
- 6,7-Dimethylesculetin
- Isosabandin
- Magnolioside (isoscopoletin-β-D-glucopyranoside)
- 7-Methoxycoumarin
- 7-Methylesculetin
- Sabandin A
- Sabandin B
- Scoparone (6,7-dimethoxycoumarin)
- Scopoletin
- β-Sitosterol


References
Artemisia scoparia Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA