Scientific Information

Mugwort refers to plants in the Artemisia genus. The term mugwort is used for several different species that grow primarily in Europe, Asia, North Africa, and North America. The most common type in North America and Europe is Artemisia vulgaris. Mugwort is a perennial plant with a rhizome root system that will rapidly spread after it is introduced to an area. The seeds are spread through the wind. Each plant can produce as much as 200,000 seeds. Despite how many seeds it produces, mugwort spreads primarily through it’s root system. Because of it’s capacity to spread, it can be disruptive of the growth of other, especially in areas that it is not native too. Mugwort is considered an invasive weed in New York. More information can be found on the New York Invasive Species (IS) Information website which is linked below.

NYIS info on Mugwort

Mugwort Species

Scientific Name	Alternate Name
Artemisia absinthium L.	Wormwood
Artemisia argyi	Chinese Mugwort
Artemisia douglasiana	Douglas mugwort or California mugwort
Artemisia glacialis	Alpine mugwort
Artemisia granatensis	Sierra Nevadan chamomile, native to Iberian peninsula
Artemisia indica	Oriental mugwort
Artemisia japonica	Japanese mugwort
Artemisia lactiflora	White mugwort
Artemisia norvegica	Norweigan mugwort
Artemisia princeps	Korean mugwort, Japanese mugwort
Artemisia stelleriana	Hoary mugwort
Artemisia verlotiorum	Chinese mugwort
Artemisia vulgaris	Common mugwort

**Species information and names were largely taken from Mugwort wikipedia page Mugwort Wiki

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