White Mugwort (珍珠菜)
A perennial, upright and much branched shrub that can attain a height of about 1.5 m tall if allowed to grow.
SCIENTIFIC NAME
Artemisia lactiflora Wall. ex DC.
COMMON NAME
Duck Food Vegetable, White Mugwort, 珍珠菜, 角菜, 白苞蒿
CLASSIFICATIONS AND CHARACTERISTICS
Plant Division Angiosperms (Flowering Seed Plants) (Dicotyledon) Plant Growth Form Shrub (Herbaceous, Creeper) Lifespan (in Singapore) Perennial Mode of Nutrition Autotrophic Plant Shape Shrubby Maximum Height 1.5 m PLANT CARE AND PROPAGATION
Light Preference Full Sun Water Preference Moderate Water Plant Growth Rate Moderate Maintenance Requirements Moderate Propagation Method Seed, Stem Cutting, Division USES
- Leaves are cooked and eaten as a vegetable in a variety of fish dishes to mask the fishy odour.
- White mugwort is a bitter aromatic tonic herb.
- The leaves and flowering stems are used internally in traditional Chinese medicine to treat menstrual and liver disorders.
Disclaimer
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