Artemisia scoparia

Artemisia scoparia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Artemisia
Species:	A. scoparia
Binomial name
	Artemisia scoparia; Waldst. & Kit. 1802 not Maxim. 1859
Synonyms
	Synonymy Artemisia capillaris Miq. ; Artemisia capillaris var. scoparia (Waldst. & Kit.) Pamp. ; Artemisia elegans Roxb. 1814 not Salisb. 1796 ; Artemisia gracilis L'Hér. ex DC. ; Artemisia hallaisanensis var. formosana Pamp. ; Artemisia kohatica Klatt ; Artemisia piperita Pall. ex Ledeb. ; Artemisia sachaliensis Tilesius ex Besser ; Artemisia scoparioides Grossh. ; Artemisia trichophylla Wall. ex DC. ; Draconia capillaris (Thunb.) Soják ; Draconia scoparia (Waldst. & Kit.) Soják ; Oligosporus scoparius (Waldst. & Kit.) Less. ;

Artemisia scoparia is a Eurasian species in the genus Artemisia, in the sunflower family. It is widespread across much of Eurasia from France to Japan, including China, India, Russia, Germany, Poland, central + southwest Asia, etc.

The English common name of Artemisia scoparia is virgate wormwood, capillary wormwood, or redstem wormwood. In Mandarin Chinese it is known as yīn chén (Traditional: 茵陳) and it is an important traditional Chinese medicine, and is considered interchangeable with Artemisia capillaris for that purpose. Its pollen can be allergenic.