Plant Details

Accepted name:

Artemisia scoparia Waldst. & Kit. [Asteraceae]

Source of taxonomy and confidence:

World Checklist: unpublished records ( )

Information about this plant:

Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
artemisiae herba	Pharmaceutical	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
artemisiae scopariae herba	Pharmaceutical	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
artemísia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
barna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
besen-beifuß	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
cahhu	Other	Med. Pl. in Arid Regions of N. Punjab, Pakistan (Ashfaq et al., 2019)
chyona	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dona jhan	Other	Pl. for Snake and Scorpion Bite in N. Pakistan (Butt et al., 2015)
herba artemisiae scopariae	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
jhau	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kizilburgan	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
mian yin chen	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
oriental wormwood	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
polyn' metyol'chataya	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
redstem wormwood	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
seeta-bani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shypyrgy shybak	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
vippmalört	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
virgate wormwood herb	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
yin chen	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
yin chen hau	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
yin-chen wormwood	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
yinchen	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
zhu mao hao	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
濱蒿	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
綿茵陳	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
茵陳	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
茵陳蒿	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
aerial parts	dried aerial parts	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
seedling	dried seedling	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Whole plant		Pl. for Snake and Scorpion Bite in N. Pakistan (Butt et al., 2015)
Whole plant		Med. Pl. in Arid Regions of N. Punjab, Pakistan (Ashfaq et al., 2019)
aerial part	dried aerial part	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
young shoot		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
aerial parts	dried aerial parts	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
aerial part		Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)
plant		Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 20 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

synonym
Artemisia capillaris var. scoparia (Waldst. & Kit.) Pamp. Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 34: 642 (1927).
Artemisia scoparioides Grossh. Trans. Geo-Bot. Invest. Pasture-lands, Azerbaijan, Ser. A 2: 69 (1929).
Artemisia capillaris f. elegans (Roxb.) Pamp. Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 34: 645 (1927).
Artemisia capillaris var. grandiflora Pamp. Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 46: 558 (1939).
Artemisia capillaris f. kohatica (Klatt) Pamp. Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 34: 642 (1927).
Artemisia capillaris f. myriocephala Pamp. Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 34: 646 (1927).
Artemisia capillaris f. villosa (Korsh.) Pamp. Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 34: 644 (1927).
Artemisia capillaris f. williamsonii Pamp. Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 34: 646 (1927).
Artemisia elegans Roxb. Hort. Bengal.: 61 (1814).
Artemisia gracilis L'Hér. ex DC. Prodr. 6: 100 (1838).
Artemisia kohatica Klatt Sitzungsber. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. München: 91 (1878).
Artemisia piperita Pall. ex Ledeb. Fl. Altaic. 4: 88 (1833).
Artemisia scoparia var. heteromorpha Kitag. Lin. Fl. Manshur.: 431 (1939).
Artemisia scoparia f. sericea Kom. Fl. Manshur. 3: 651 (1907).
Artemisia scoparia f. villosa Korsh. Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 12: 352 (1892).
Artemisia scoparia subsp. villosa Chrustaleva & Kupr. Chin. J. Appl. Environ. Biol. 3: 16 (1997).
Artemisia scopariiformis Popov Descr. Pl. Nov. Turkestan. 1: 50 (1915).
Artemisia trichophylla Wall. ex DC. Prodr. 6: 100 (1838).
Draconia scoparia (Waldst. & Kit.) Soják Cas. Nár. Muz., Rada Prír. 152: 21 (1983).
Oligosporus scoparius (Waldst. & Kit.) Less. Linnaea 9: 191 (1834).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Artem-isia capillaris Thunb. var. scoparia Pamp.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Artemisia scoparia Waldst. & Kit.	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013) Med. Pl. in Arid Regions of N. Punjab, Pakistan (Ashfaq et al., 2019) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Artemisia scoparia Waldst. & Kitam.	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Artemisia scoparia Waldst. and Kit.	Pl. for Snake and Scorpion Bite in N. Pakistan (Butt et al., 2015)
Artemisia scoparia Waldst. et Kit.	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
Artemisia scoparia Waldstem. & Kit	Med. Pl. for Respiratory Disorders in Abbottabad (Kayani et al., 2014)
Artemisia scoparia Weldstein et Kit.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Artemisia scoparioides	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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