This article is about the plant most often known in the British Isles as mugwort. For similar species and uses, see 
Mugwort
| Artemisia vulgaris | 
|  | 
|
| Scientific classification | 
| Kingdom: | Plantae | 
 
| Clade: | Tracheophytes | 
 
| Clade: | Angiosperms | 
 
| Clade: | Eudicots | 
 
| Clade: | Asterids | 
 
| Order: | Asterales | 
 
| Family: | Asteraceae | 
 
| Genus: | Artemisia | 
| Species: | A. vulgaris | 
| Binomial name | 
| Artemisia vulgaris 
 | 
|
| Synonyms | 
| 
Absinthium vulgare (L.) Dulac
Artemisia affinis Hassk.
Artemisia apetala hort.pest. ex Steud.
Artemisia coarctata Forselles
Artemisia eriophora Schltdl. ex Ledeb.
Artemisia heyneana Wall.
Artemisia ibukijomogi Siebold
Artemisia jaxartica Poljakov
Artemisia officinalis Gaterau
Artemisia opulenta Pamp.
Artemisia paniculaeformis DC.
Artemisia parviflora Wight
Artemisia quadripedalis Gilib.
Artemisia ruderalis Salisb.
Artemisia samamisica Besser
Artemisia superba Pamp
Artemisia violacea Desf.
Artemisia virens Moench
Artemisia vulgaris var. articulatopilosa Peschkova
Artemisia vulgaris subvar. brachystachya DC.
Artemisia vulgaris var. cinerascens Rouy
Artemisia vulgaris subsp. coarctata V.P.Ameljczenko
Artemisia vulgaris var. coarctata (Forselles) Hartm.
Artemisia vulgaris subvar. foliosa (Wallr.) DC.
Artemisia vulgaris var. foliosa Wallr.
Artemisia vulgaris var. glabra Ledeb.
Artemisia vulgaris subsp. litoralis H.M.Hall & Clem.
Artemisia vulgaris var. major Rouy
Artemisia vulgaris var. merkiana Besser
Artemisia vulgaris var. minor Lej.
Artemisia vulgaris var. parvifolia Rouy
Artemisia vulgaris var. rubriflora Turcz. ex Besser
Artemisia vulgaris subvar. sativa (Wallr.) DC.
Artemisia vulgaris var. sativa Wallr.
Artemisia vulgaris subvar. sylvestris (Wallr.) DC.
Artemisia vulgaris var. sylvestris Wallr. 
Artemisia vulgaris subsp. typica H.M.Hall & Clem.
Artemisia vulgaris var. typica H.St.John
Artemisia vulgaris subsp. urjanchaica
Artemisia vulgaris var. vestita Brügger ex Corb.
 | 
Artemisia vulgaris, commonly known as mugwort, common mugwort, or wormwood, is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family Asteraceae. It is one of several species in the genus Artemisia commonly known as mugwort, although Artemisia vulgaris is the species most often called mugwort.  Mugworts have been used medicinally and as culinary herbs.