Photographs: Co.Cork

Mugwort Artemisia vulgaris Mongach meisce Family: Asteraceae Flowering time: July-October. Perennial. Native, Narrow panicles of tiny red-brown flower-heads. Leaf-like lower bracts. Alternate leaves twice-pinnate, dark green above, silvery white, downy below. Reddish pithy stems. Erect, branched, downy plant. Aromatic. Height: 60-120cm. Wasteland, roadsides, scrub, embankments, river-sides. Native, also found as a garden escape.

    
All other photographs: Roadside near The Gearagh, Co.Cork. July 2007