Artemisiae Scopariae is not what we call Artemisia absinthium. Artemisia absinthium is a perennial herb, about 50 cm high, with many branches, alternate leaves, sessile, lanceolate, sharp apex and sparse teeth or lobes at the base. The head is solitary at the top of the branchlet; Involucres are numerous, arranged in several layers, and the edges are membranous, like fish scales; The flowers are lavender. Born in dry places such as roadsides and fields. Distributed in Xinjiang.

Herba Artemisiae Scopariae is a perennial herb or semi-shrub. The stem is erect, with a height of 0.5 ~1m, woody base, yellow-brown surface, longitudinal stripes and many branches; All of them have brown silky hair when they are young, and they are nearly hairless when they grow up. The feather head of leaf1~ 3 is deeply divided, and the lower lobe is wide and short, often covered with short silk hairs; The middle leaf lobes are as slender as hair, about1mm wide; The upper leaf feather head is divided, 3-lobed or undivided, subglabrous. The flower heads are small and numerous, and densely formed into a complex raceme; The involucral bracts are 3 ~ 4 layers, glabrous, with oval outer layer, oval inner layer, green center and membranous edge; The flowers are yellow and tubular, with 3 ~ 5 outer flowers, female, fertile, and 5 ~ 7 inner flowers bisexual and sterile. Achene oblong, about 0.8mm long, glabrous. The flowering period is September ~1October, and the fruiting period is10 ~1February. Born on hillsides and roadsides. It is distributed all over the country.

The one in the picture is wormwood.