Wormwood is thick, cool and oily, wormwood is light, accompanied by grassy smell. Folium Artemisiae Argyi is usually thin, with a white front and a layer of white fluff. The leaves are relatively smaller than those of Folium Artemisiae Argyi, and the whole leaves are long and narrow. The surface of Artemisia argyi leaves is gray-green, with five petals, which are wider than Artemisia argyi leaves, and there are small teeth around the leaves.
The trunk of Artemisia argyi leaves is slightly thick and long, the stems are light green, and the roots near the ground are slightly woody and hard, some of which can reach 1.5 cm in diameter and 80-250 cm in height. The height of wormwood is low, the trunk is small and the stem is dark red. The best growing wormwood is only about 10 cm.
The growing environment of wormwood
Wormwood likes to be on the roadsides, rivers, hillsides or wasteland at low and medium altitudes. Its distribution area is very extensive, and it can also be seen in the forest grassland. Artemisia argyi is planted in most parts of our country, but it can't grow in arid or cold areas. It is not only common in China, but also grows in Japan, the Soviet Union and North Korea.
The aroma of wormwood is very strong, and the taproot grows obviously. Its stem can reach about 80- 150cm, brown or grayish yellow. Its stems and branches are fluffy, leaves are as thick as paper, basal leaves have long petioles and obvious veins. The flowering and fruiting period is about 7-65438+ 10 month, the corolla is purple and the style is very slender.