The difference between mugwort and wormwood

The difference between mugwort and wormwood

1. Difference of blades

The leaves in the middle of the stem of Artemisia annua are elliptical or ovate-triangular, deeply pinnately divided, with lobes that are elliptical to elliptical-lanceolate, usually with three lobes in the middle, and serrated on the edges of the lobes. They are dark green on the upper side with dense small glandular dots, gray-green on the lower side with dense white hairs, and the leaves at the top of the stem are entire or 3-lobed.

The leaves at the lower part of the stem of mugwort are nearly circular or broadly ovate, deeply pinnately divided, with elliptical or obovate-oblong lobes. The leaves in the middle are ovate or triangular-ovate, deeply pinnately divided once or twice and then half-cleft, with ovate or lanceolate lobes.

2. The difference between flowers

Artemisia annua has a capitate inflorescence, which is arranged in a compound raceme. The involucre is ovate and the flowers are tubular and slightly reddish.

The inflorescence of mugwort is oval in shape, the bracts are arranged in a shingle-like manner, the bracts are ovate or narrowly ovate, and the corolla is narrow tubular and purple.

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