Family | Asteraceae (alt. Compositae) |
Scientific name | Artemisia montana (Nakai) Pampanini |
Synonyms | Artemisia gigantea Kitamura; Artemisia montana (Nakai) Pampanini var. shiretokoensis Ko. Ito; Artemisia opulenta Pampanini; Artemisia vulgaris L. var. indica (Willdenow) Maximovicz forma montana Nakai; Artemisia vulgaris L. var. kamtschatica Besser |
Common name | (Japanese common name) oh-yomogi (オオヨモギ, 大蓬 [meaning: large mugwort]), yama-yomogi (ヤマヨモギ, 山蓬 [meaning: mountain mugwort]), ezo-yomogi (エゾヨモギ, 蝦夷蓬 [meaning: Ezo mugwort (Ezo = an old name of Hokkaido)]), ezo-no-yuki-yomogi (エゾノユキヨモギ, 蝦夷雪蓬 [meaning: Ezo snow mugwort]) |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu (north of Kinki region) |
(Other nations) Russia, Korea, China | |
Habitat | Mountane field |
Chromosomal number | 2n=52 |
Description | Plants electing 150-200cm tall. Leaves ca. 13-18cm long, ca. 6-12cm wide, petioles 2.5-3cm long. Flowers pale yellow capitulums ca. 3mm long, 2.5-3mm wide, flowering in August to September. Fruits 1.5-2mm long. Perennial plants. |
Reference | Artemisia montana (Nakai) Pamp. |
Artemisia montana (Nakai) Pamp. var. shiretokoensis Ko. Ito | |
Discovery of Globodera hypolysi from mugwort, Artemisia montana, in the east of Hokkaido | |
Studies on Sesquiterpenelactones. XII. Chemical Constitution of Artemisia montana (NAKAI) PAMP. | |
Interferon inducer, a process for producing the same and pharmaceutical composition containing the same (US Patent 4442087/1984) | |
Insecticide obtained from plants for use on termites (US Patent 6641827/2003) |
September 2008 at Hokkaido University Botanical Garden |
September 2008 at Hokkaido University Botanical Garden |
September 2008 at Hokkaido University Botanical Garden |