Artemisia annua Qing Hao (Compositae)

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Artemisia annua
Qing Hao
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The Artemisia annua plant species is found in S. E. Europe to W. Asia. It is a member of the Compositae family. Common gardeners may know the plant as Qing Hao.

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Latin Name:  Artemisia annua
Common Name:  Qing Hao
Family:  Compositae
Author:  L.

Known Hazards:  Skin contact with the plant can cause dermatitis or other allergic reactions in some people[222].

Mature Height:  3   Mature Width:  1

Habitat:  A naturalized weed of waste places, roadsides, fallow fields and neglected gardens in eastern N. America[43].

Cultivation Notes: An easily grown plant, succeeding in a well-drained circumneutral or slightly alkaline loamy soil, preferring a sunny position[1, 200]. Plants are longer lived, more hardy and more aromatic when they are grown in a poor dry soil[245]. A fast-growing annual plant, it is tall but neat in habit with a handsome fragrant foliage and is useful for filling gaps at the back of a border[238]. Members of this genus are rarely if ever troubled by browsing deer[233].

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