Artemisia scoparia

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.^[4][5]

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[1]
Synonyms[2]
Synonymy Artemisia capillaris Miq. Artemisia capillaris var. scoparia (Waldst. & Kit.) Pamp. Artemisia elegans Roxb. 1814[3] 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.

The English common name of Artemisia scoparia is virgate wormwood,^[6] capillary wormwood,^[6] or redstem wormwood. In Mandarin Chinese it is known as yīn chén (Traditional: 茵陳) and it is an important traditional Chinese medicine,^{[citation needed][7]} and is considered interchangeable with Artemisia capillaris for that purpose. Its pollen can be allergenic.^[8]

Chemical constituents

1. Capillarisin^[9]
2. Chlorogenic acid butyl ester
3. 6,7-Dimethylesculetin
4. Isosabandin
5. Magnolioside (isoscopoletin-β-D-glucopyranoside)
6. 7-Methoxycoumarin
7. 7-Methylesculetin
8. Sabandin A^[10]
9. Sabandin B
10. Scoparone (6,7-dimethoxycoumarin) ^[11]
11. Scopoletin
12. β-Sitosterol
13. Capillin