Artemisia annua L.

Native to:

Afghanistan, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Borneo, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Russia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Cyprus, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Egypt, Greece, Hainan, India, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Irkutsk, Japan, Jawa, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Lesser Sunda Is., Libya, Malaya, Maluku, Manchuria, Mongolia, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, North Caucasus, Northwest European Russia, Pakistan, Philippines, Primorye, Qinghai, Romania, South European Russia, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Sahara, Xinjiang

Introduced into:

Alabama, Albania, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, California, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, Colorado, Connecticut, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, Ecuador, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Italy, Kansas, Kentucky, Laos, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Netherlands, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, New Zealand North, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Poland, Québec, Sicilia, Spain, Switzerland, Tennessee, Texas, Ukraine, Uruguay, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Yugoslavia

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

• Aver'ianov, L.V. & al. (2006). Illyustrirovannyi opredelitel' rastenii Leningradskoi oblasti: 1-799. Nauka, Moskva.
• Benedi, C. & al. (eds.) in Castroviejo, S. & al. (eds.) (2019). Flora Iberica 16(III): 1453-2353. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid.
• Fischer, M.A. & Niklfeld, H. (eds.) (2011). Floristische Neufunde (99-123). Neilreichia 6: 365-396.
• Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2006). Flora of North America North of Mexico 19(1): 1-579. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
• GCC (2011). Global Compositae Checklist http://compositae.landcareresearch.co.nz/.
• Ghafoor, A. (2002). Flora of Pakistan 207: 1-172. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
• Kharkevich, S.S. (ed.) (1992). Plantae Vasculares Orientalis Extremi Sovietici 6: 1-428. Nauka, Leningrad.
• Knapp, W.M. & Naczi, R.F.C. (2021). Vascular plants of Maryland, USA. A comprehensive account of the state's botanical diversity. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 113: 1-151.
• Komiljon, T., Natalya, B., Avazbek, B., Dilnoza, A., Ziyoviddin, Y., Deng, T. & Sun, H. (2020). Flora of the Dzhizak Province, Uzbekistan: 1-523. China Forestry Publishing House.
• Kozhevnikov, A.E., Kozhevnikov, Z.V., Kwak, M. & Lee, B.Y. (2019). Illustrated flora of the Primorsky Territory, Russian Far East: 1-1124. National institute of biological resources.
• Krasnoborov, I.M. (ed.) (2007). Flora of Siberia 13: 1-499. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Enfield, Plymouth.
• Ling, Y. & Y.R.Ling in Ling, Y. Et Ge, X. (1991). Anthemideae. Flora Reiublicae Popularis Sinicae 76(2): 1-321. Science Press.
• Mirek, Z., Piękoś-Mirkowa, H., Zając, A. & Zając, M (2020). Vascular plants of Poland an annotated checklist: 1-526. W. Szafer institute of botany, Polish academy of sciences, Krakow, Poland.
• Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.
• Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2011). Asteraceae. Flora of China 20-21: 1-992. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).
• Zhao, Y.Z., Zhao, L.Q. & Rui, C. (eds.) (2019). Flora Intramongolica, edition 3, 5: 1-451. Typis Intramongolicae popularis, Huhhot.

Kew Species Profiles

• Beentje, H. (2010). The Kew Plant Glossary: an Illustrated Dictionary of Plant Terms. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
• Huxley, A. (ed.) (1997). The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening. Vol. 1 (A to C). Macmillan Press, London.
• Mabberley, D.J. (2008). Mabberley’s Plant-book: a Portable Dictionary of the Vascular Plants. 3rd edition. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
• Nguyen Tien Ban, Vu Xuan Phuong & Lugt, C.B. (1999). Artemisia L. In: Plant Resources of South-East Asia No. 12(1), Medicinal and Poisonous Plants 1, ed. L.S. de Padua, N. Bunyapraphatsara & R.H.M.J. Lemmens, pp. 139-146. Backhuys, Leiden.
• Preston, C.D., Pearman, D.A. & Dines, T.A. (eds) (2002). New Atlas of the British and Irish Flora on CD-ROM. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
• Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. (2008) Seed Information Database (SID). Version 7.1. Available from: http://data.kew.org/sid/ (accessed 23 January 2011).
• The University of York (2011). The CNAP Artemisia Research Project.
• Tutin, T.G. et al. (1976). Flora Europaea. Volume 4 (Plantaginaceae to Compositae). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
• World Health Organization (2006). WHO Monograph on Good Agricultural and Collection Practices (GACP) for Artemisia annua L. WHO Press, Geneva.
• Wright, C.W. (ed.) (2002). Artemisia. Medicinal and Aromatic Plants – Industrial Profiles. Taylor & Francis, London.

Kew Backbone Distributions

• Aver'ianov, L.V. & al. (2006). Illyustrirovannyi opredelitel' rastenii Leningradskoi oblasti: 1-799. Nauka, Moskva.
• Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2006). Flora of North America North of Mexico 19(1): 1-579. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
• GCC (2011). Global Compositae Checklist http://compositae.landcareresearch.co.nz/.
• Krasnoborov, I.M. (ed.) (2007). Flora of Siberia 13: 1-499. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Enfield, Plymouth.
• Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2011). Asteraceae. Flora of China 20-21: 1-992. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).