Artemisia capillarisThunb.

WFO wfo-0000115024 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Artemisia capillaris, photographed by chiuluan
fig. a chiuluan, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-05 / obs. 195065741
Artemisia capillaris, photographed by chiuluan
fig. b chiuluan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 191301925
Artemisia capillaris, photographed by 葉子
fig. c 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 196993043
Artemisia capillaris, photographed by 葉子
fig. d 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 196987976
Artemisia capillaris, photographed by Yi-fan翊凡
fig. e Yi-fan翊凡, CC0 1.0 / obs. 184592745
Artemisia capillaris, photographed by 葉子
fig. f 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 191582872
Artemisia capillaris, photographed by Yi-fan翊凡
fig. g Yi-fan翊凡, CC0 1.0 / obs. 182561183
Artemisia capillaris, photographed by 葉子
fig. h 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 190232748

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Native range 19 botanical countries

Regions where Artemisia capillaris is native: China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Inner Mongolia, Irkutsk, Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Mongolia, Nansei-shoto, Primorye, Qinghai, Tibet, Xinjiang, Assam, Nepal, Pakistan, West Himalaya China North-CentralChina South-CentralChina SoutheastHainanInner MongoliaIrkutskJapanManchuriaMongoliaPrimoryeQinghaiTibetXinjiangAssamNepalPakistanWest Himalaya KoreaNansei-shoto
Native distribution of Artemisia capillaris, 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
China North-Central CHN ASIA-TEMPERATE
China South-Central CHC
China Southeast CHS
Hainan CHH
Inner Mongolia CHI
Irkutsk IRK
Japan JAP
Korea KOR
Manchuria CHM
Mongolia MON
Nansei-shoto NNS
Primorye PRM
Qinghai CHQ
Tibet CHT
Xinjiang CHX
Assam ASS ASIA-TROPICAL
Nepal NEP
Pakistan PAK
West Himalaya WHM

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.

Also published as 10 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 capillaris f. capillaris
  • Artemisia capillaris f. glabra Pamp.
  • Artemisia capillaris f. sericea (Nakai) Pamp.
  • Artemisia capillaris var. capillaris
  • Artemisia capillaris var. sachaliensis (Tiles. ex Besser) Pamp.
  • Artemisia capillaris var. sericea Nakai
  • Artemisia sacchalinensis Tilesius ex Besser
  • Artemisia sachaliensis Tiles. ex Besser
  • Draconia capillaris (Thunb.) Soják
  • Oligosporus capillaris (Thunb.) Poljakov

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. 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.

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