Artemisia indicaWilld.

WFO wfo-0000747726 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Artemisia indica, photographed by 劉哲瑋
fig. a 劉哲瑋, CC0 1.0 / 2022-05-05 / obs. 194979649
Artemisia indica, photographed by 四角銅鑼
fig. b 四角銅鑼, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 194184916
Artemisia indica, photographed by 葉子
fig. c 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 190057348
Artemisia indica, photographed by 葉子
fig. d 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 190037311
Artemisia indica, photographed by 高山田鼠
fig. e 高山田鼠, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 177224625
Artemisia indica, photographed by 葉子
fig. f 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 177020462
Artemisia indica, photographed by 葉子
fig. g 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 177022003
Artemisia indica, photographed by Licheng Shih
fig. h Licheng Shih, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 133740239

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Native range 25 botanical countries

Regions where Artemisia indica is native: China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Inner Mongolia, Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Nansei-shoto, Qinghai, Taiwan, Tibet, Assam, Cambodia, East Himalaya, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya China North-CentralChina South-CentralChina SoutheastHainanInner MongoliaJapanManchuriaQinghaiTaiwanTibetAssamCambodiaEast HimalayaIndiaLaosMyanmarNepalPakistanPhilippinesSri LankaThailandVietnamWest Himalaya KoreaNansei-shoto
Native distribution of Artemisia indica, 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
Assam ASS ASIA-TROPICAL
Cambodia CBD
East Himalaya EHM
India IND
Laos LAO
Myanmar MYA
Nepal NEP
Pakistan PAK
Philippines PHI
Sri Lanka SRL
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
West Himalaya WHM
China North-Central CHN ASIA-TEMPERATE
China South-Central CHC
China Southeast CHS
Hainan CHH
Inner Mongolia CHI
Japan JAP
Korea KOR
Manchuria CHM
Nansei-shoto NNS
Qinghai CHQ
Taiwan TAI
Tibet CHT

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 40 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.

  • Absinthium moxa Besser
  • Artemisia affinis Hassk.
  • Artemisia apetala Hort.Pest. ex Steud.
  • Artemisia asiatica Nakai ex Pamp.
  • Artemisia discolor Douglas ex DC.
  • Artemisia discolor var. glandulifera L.F.Hend.
  • Artemisia dubia var. orientalis Pamp.
  • Artemisia dubia var. septentrionalis Pamp.
  • Artemisia elegantissima Pamp.
  • Artemisia elegantissima var. kumaonensis Pamp.
  • Artemisia eriophora Schlecht. ex Ledeb.
  • Artemisia flodmanii Rydb.
  • Artemisia heyneana Wall.
  • Artemisia hispanica Stechm. ex Besser
  • Artemisia indica var. indica
  • Artemisia leptophylla D.Don
  • Artemisia leptostachya D.Don
  • Artemisia leucophylla (Ledeb.) Turcz. ex Pavlov
  • Artemisia longiflora Pamp.
  • Artemisia ludoviciana Besser
  • Artemisia michauxii Besser
  • Artemisia momiyamae Kitam.
  • Artemisia officinalis Gaterau
  • Artemisia parviflora Wight

and 16 more.

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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