Artemisia princeps
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Artemisia princeps (Japanese Mugwort, Yomogi) is a perennial, very vigorous plant that grows to 1.2 meters. This species spreads rapidly by means of underground stolons and can become invasive. It bears small, buff colored flowers from July to November which are hermaphrodite, and pollinated by wind.[1] The leaves are feather shaped, scalloped and light green, with white dense fuzz on the underside.
A. princeps is one of the varieties of mugwort used as moxa in Moxibustion[2], a traditional medical practice of China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Tibet, and Mongolia.
In Japanese cuisine, the leaves are sometimes blanched and added to soups or rice.[3] Its leaves, along with those of Gnaphalium affine are a fundamental ingredient in kusa mochi, a Japanese confectionery, to which it imparts its fresh, springlike fragrance and vivid green coloring.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ Artemisia princeps - Pampan.. Plants For A Future Database. Retrieved on 2008-01-18.
- ^ Ryuzo, Oda (2000). "The Advantages and Disadvantages of Artemisia princeps and A. montana.". Japanese Journal of History of Pharmacy 35 (1): 55–62.
- ^ Hosking, Richard (January 1997). A Dictionary of Japanese Food. Tuttle Publishing, 175. ISBN 978-0804820424.
- ^ Takahashi, Masumi; Natsuko Hosokawa, Keiko Mori. "Yomogi (Mugwort)", Japan Through Young Eyes. Retrieved on 2008-01-18.
