sweet sagewort
Family
AsteraceaeScientific Name
Artemisia annua
Other Common Names:
sweet wormwood
annual wormwood
sweet annie
Habit
Sweet wormwood is a bushy, branching annual reaching up to 3m tall.
Leaves
Leaves are 2-10cm long and pinnately compound. They are linear or lancolate in shape and have toothed edges.
Identifying Characteristics
Sweet wormwood has a sweet scent.
Flower Seed Head
Panicle is broad and has loose heads.
Where Found
Found in fields and waste places. Sweet wormwood is now naturalized in the eastern and central United States.
Growth Habit
upright and nonwoody
Thorns or Spines
not present
Approximate Flower Diameter
pencil
Dominant Flower Color
yellow
Flower Symmetry
radial symmetery
Leaf Hairs
no hairs
Leaf Shape
lance
Leaf Arrangement
alternate
Leaf Margin
serrated
Leaf Structure
pinnate
Leaf Stalk
none
Stem Hairs
no hairs
Stem Cross Section
round or oval
Milky Sap
not present
Life Cycle
summer annual
Ochrea
not present
Plant Type
Herb