Sweet wormwood (Artemisia annua) — wormwood, a tall Chinese annual with fine foliage and a camphor scent. It grows fast, passing a metre in a single season. The aerial parts are cut before flowering; the plant is known for artemisinin, a discovery awarded a Nobel Prize in 2015.
Botanical name: Artemisia annua
Sowing: under cover, 35–45 days before planting out
Spacing: 40 cm between plants, 60 cm between rows
Germination: 7–14 days at 20 °C
Height: 100–200 cm
Contents: 0.1 g
| Life cycle | Annual |
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