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What kind of plant is this and is it edible? Thank you all.
Artemisia lactiflora (scientific name: Artemisia lactiflora) is a plant of the genus Artemisia in the family Asteraceae. It is distributed in Singapore, Laos, India, Cambodia, Vietnam, Indonesia, Taiwan Island, and Jiangsu, Hunan, Guizhou, Hubei, Guangxi, Guangdong, Zhejiang, Gansu, Yunnan, Sichuan, Fujian, Anhui, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Henan, etc. It grows at an altitude of 3,000 meters and is mostly found in valleys and other humid, forested, forest margins, thicket edges, and slightly dry areas.

Contains volatile oil, the composition of flavonoid glycosides, phenols, but also contains amino acids and coumarins and other substances. The whole herb is used in medicine, Guangdong, Guangxi folk as "Liu Yunu" (Artemisia absinthium) as a substitute, with heat, detoxification, cough, anti-inflammatory, blood circulation, stasis, menstruation and so on, used for the treatment of liver and kidney disease, also used in recent years for the treatment of hemofilminthiasis.

Never eaten, can be used medicinally.

Never eaten, can be used medicinally.