Common mugwort, Artemisia vulgaris, is a species in the Asteraceae (sunflower) family. It is one of many species (2-400)[1] in the Artemisia genus, commonly referred to as mugwort.
It is also sometimes called St. John’s plant, old man, naughty man, sailor’s tobacco, old Uncle Henry, wild wormwood, chrysanthemum weed, criminal weed, or river wormwood. Mugwort is native to temperate areas of North America, North Africa, Europe, and Asia.
