Artemisia annuaL.

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WFO wfo-0000083255 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Artemisia annua, photographed by ferferrari
fig. a ferferrari, CC0 1.0 / 2022-04-30 / obs. 194458357
Artemisia annua, photographed by Eduardo Luis Beltrocco
fig. b Eduardo Luis Beltrocco, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 183288447
Artemisia annua, photographed by Zinogre
fig. c Zinogre, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 181056641
Artemisia annua, photographed by Anna Petrosyan
fig. d Anna Petrosyan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 173004181
Artemisia annua, photographed by Quentin Groom
fig. e Quentin Groom, CC0 1.0 / obs. 168535339
Artemisia annua, photographed by Eduardo Luis Beltrocco
fig. f Eduardo Luis Beltrocco, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 168205289
Artemisia annua, photographed by Anna Petrosyan
fig. g Anna Petrosyan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 166472115
Artemisia annua, photographed by Anna Petrosyan
fig. h Anna Petrosyan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 164073394

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Native range 64 botanical countries

Regions where Artemisia annua is native: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Western Sahara, Afghanistan, Altay, Amur, Buryatiya, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Cyprus, Hainan, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Irkutsk, Japan, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Lebanon-Syria, Manchuria, Mongolia, North Caucasus, Primorye, Qinghai, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Uzbekistan, Xinjiang, Borneo, East Himalaya, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, East European Russia, Greece, Krym, Northwest European Russia, Romania, South European Russia, Türkiye-in-Europe AlgeriaEgyptLibyaMoroccoTunisiaWestern SaharaAfghanistanAltayAmurBuryatiyaChina North-CentralChina South-CentralChina SoutheastChitaCyprusHainanInner MongoliaIranIraqIrkutskJapanKazakhstanKhabarovskKirgizstanKrasnoyarskLebanon-SyriaManchuriaMongoliaNorth CaucasusPrimoryeQinghaiTadzhikistanTaiwanTibetTranscaucasusTürkiyeTurkmenistanTuvaUzbekistanXinjiangBorneoEast HimalayaJawaLesser Sunda Is.MalayaMalukuMyanmarNepalPakistanPhilippinesSulawesiSumateraVietnamWest HimalayaBulgariaCentral European RussiaEast European RussiaGreeceKrymNorthwest European RussiaRomaniaSouth European RussiaTürkiye-in-Europe Korea
Native distribution of Artemisia annua, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Afghanistan AFG ASIA-TEMPERATE
Altay ALT
Amur AMU
Buryatiya BRY
China North-Central CHN
China South-Central CHC
China Southeast CHS
Chita CTA
Cyprus CYP
Hainan CHH
Inner Mongolia CHI
Iran IRN
Iraq IRQ
Irkutsk IRK
Japan JAP
Kazakhstan KAZ
Khabarovsk KHA
Kirgizstan KGZ
Korea KOR
Krasnoyarsk KRA
Lebanon-Syria LBS
Manchuria CHM
Mongolia MON
North Caucasus NCS
Primorye PRM
Qinghai CHQ
Tadzhikistan TZK
Taiwan TAI
Tibet CHT
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR
Turkmenistan TKM
Tuva TVA
Uzbekistan UZB
Xinjiang CHX
Borneo BOR ASIA-TROPICAL
East Himalaya EHM
Jawa JAW
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI
Malaya MLY
Maluku MOL
Myanmar MYA
Nepal NEP
Pakistan PAK
Philippines PHI
Sulawesi SUL
Sumatera SUM
Vietnam VIE
West Himalaya WHM
Bulgaria BUL EUROPE
Central European Russia RUC
East European Russia RUE
Greece GRC
Krym KRY
Northwest European Russia RUW
Romania ROM
South European Russia RUS
Türkiye-in-Europe TUE
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Egypt EGY
Libya LBY
Morocco MOR
Tunisia TUN
Western Sahara WSA

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Flowering 68 in flower of 222 examined

Peak flowering in Oct. Each bar is the share of Artemisia annua observations in which someone actually recorded the reproductive state and found the plant in flower, not the raw number of flowering records. That distinction matters: people observe plants far more in spring than in winter, so a bare count of flowering records partly measures when people go outside. Dividing by the number examined removes that. 68 of 222 examined observations were in flower, every one of them research grade. The whisker on each bar is a 95% Wilson interval. 3 months have fewer than 5 examined observations, so no proportion is drawn for them. This is still a global aggregate and not a forecast for your garden: the same species flowers on different dates in different hemispheres. Where a species has fewer than 30 flowering records we do not draw this chart at all. Computed from 10.15468/dl.cgje2x.

Also published as 3 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Artemisia annua f. annua
  • Artemisia chamomilla C.Winkl.
  • Artemisia wedei Edgew.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.