Code
ARTVE
Growth form
broadleaf
Biological cycle
vivacious
Habitat
terrestrial
synonym | Artemisia dubia Pamp. |
synonym | Artemisia dubia subsp. intermedia Pamp. |
synonym | Artemisia dubia subsp. legitima (Besser) Pamp. |
synonym | Artemisia dubia subsp. macrostachya Pamp. |
synonym | Artemisia dubia subsp. pauciflora Pamp. |
synonym | Artemisia dubia subsp. pseudolavendulifolia Pamp. |
synonym | Artemisia dubia subsp. puberula Pamp. |
synonym | Artemisia leptostachya DC. |
synonym | Artemisia leptostachya DC. [Illegitimate] |
synonym | Artemisia selegensis Bonnet |
synonym | Artemisia selengensis Turcz. |
synonym | Artemisia verlotiorum f. verlotiorum |
synonym | Artemisia verlotiorum var. verlotiorum |
synonym | Artemisia verlotorum Lamotte |
synonym | Artemisia vulgaris f. angustisecta Fiori |
synonym | Artemisia vulgaris subsp. selengensis Thell. |
synonym | Artemisia vulgaris subsp. verlotiorum (Lamotte) Bonnier |
synonym | Artemisia vulgaris var. aromatica Sacc. |
synonym | Artemisia vulgaris var. suaveolens Bég. |
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Global description
Artemisia verlotiorum is an herbaceous plant. It emits many rhizomes that can gradually form a dense clump. The stem is reddish and slightly hairy. The leaves are alternately arranged along the stem. They are cut into narrow segments. They are devoid of hairs on the upper side and whitish on the underside. When crushed, young leaves give off a pleasant strong smell. The flowers are yellowish or reddish in colour. They are assembled in small capitulums on spread or more or less erect branches.Attributions | Wiktrop |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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China: Artemisia verlotiorum flowers and fruits from July to October.
Madagascar: Artemisia verlotiorum is a vivacious weed that grows and multiplies all year round.
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Artemisia verlotiorum is a vivacious species. The hypocotyl of the plant bears buds at ground level or on old stumps and underground rhizome from which suckers grow. The extension of rhizomes and / or fragmentation during tillage of soil, allow the vegetative propagation of the species. It is capable of forming dense populations. It is also spread by seed.
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Ambrosia tenuifolia | Artemisia verlotiorum | |
Phyllotaxie at the base | Opposite leaves | Alternate leaves |
Upper surface of leaves (hair) | pubescent | glabrous |
Upper surface of leaves (colour) | Glaucous green |
Dark green |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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China: Artemisia verlotiorum grows on hillsides, roadsides and wasteland; from sea level to 2000 m.
Madagascar: Artemisia verlotiorum grows on sandy clay soils or clay loam humus, fairly fertile, more or less humid around lowland and in humid areas but not in flooded plains, in tropical sub-humid climate in altitude. It is a weed of vegetable crops, invading edges of cultures and canals and lowland pastures. It prefers sunny or slightly shaded grounds, in vegetables cultivation, taro crops, sugarcane in more or less intensive systems. It is especially present in upland regions as from 800 m altitude.
Mauritius: This species occurs in the humid and perhumid regions where it prefers open and well-lit places for its development.
Reunion: Artemisia verlotiorum needs lots of nitrogen to grow. It particularly prefers clay or clay loam soils. However, it seems to prefer slight moisture and shade. It is very commonly found throughout the western and southern part of the island, at an altitude between 400 and 800 m. It is also located on the coast, especially on irrigated alluvial plain or with a shallow waterbody.
West Indies: Artemisia verlotiorum is found here and there in Guadeloupe at altitudes of between 0 and 700 m.
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Origin
Artemisia verlotiorum is native to China, Nepal, Pakistan, Taiwan and northern India.
Worldwide distribution
This species has been introduced into Western Europe and North Africa (Morocco, Algeria), Eastern Australia, New Zealand, tropical South America, Guadeloupe and the Indian Ocean (Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion).
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Local harmfulness
Brazil: Artemisia verlotiorum is an invasive species in lightly used areas.
Madagascar: Species recently introduced and rapidly expanding on the highlands of Madagascar; currently of low frequency but often abundant and troublesome.
Mauritius: It is a highly aggressive weed, harmful in crops, its eradication in the sugar cane land is difficult because of its extensive rhizome network that spreads rapidly in the soil.
Reunion: A. verlotiorum colonizes both vegetables and pineapple as sugar cane fields. It is uncommon (Fr = 12%) but very often abundant, with cover percentage of up to 100%, and becomes a major agronomic constraints on these sites. It can cause major economic losses. Vegetative propagation by rhizomes makes its mechanical removal very difficult; all tillage of soil has more tendency to multiply instead of controlling it.
Seychelles: absent.
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Medicinal: used in traditional medicine as anti-helminthic, febrifuge and emmenagogue. Essential oils (cineole and thujone), flavonoids, triterpenes and derivatives have potential use for treating various diseases.
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Local management
Madagascar: manual control using the angady (a kind of spade with long handle) on all Highlands. However, once the species well established, the control against this weed is very difficult because it is almost impossible to remove all the rhizomes and rhizome fragments. It can still invade the more or less narrow plots of vegetable crops from the edges of cultivation.Attributions | Wiktrop |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Herbarium pictures ReCOLNAT: https://explore.recolnat.org/search/botanique/simplequery=Artemisia%2520verlotiorum
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Root | Root |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Class | Magnoliopsida |
Order | Asterales |
Family | Asteraceae |
Genus | Artemisia |
Species | Artemisia verlotiorum Lamotte |