Artemisia campestris is a common and widespread species of plants in the sunflower family, Asteraceae. It is native to a wide region of Eurasia and North America.[3] Common names include field wormwood,[4]beach wormwood,[5]northern wormwood,[6]Breckland wormwood,[7]boreal wormwood, Canadian wormwood, field sagewort and field mugwort.[8][9][10]
Artemisia campestris is a branching, aromatic plant up to 150 cm (5 ft) tall. It grows in open sites on dry sandy soils, in steppes, rocky slopes, and waste areas.[9]