TARRAGON
artemisia dracunculus
Compositae

AKA
Estragon
Little Dragon
Mugwort
(French) Herbe au Dragon

PARTS USED
leaves, floweriing plant, and herb

Flowering time: Mid to late summer.
Astrology: A martial plant.

Perennial Shrub 2 feet tall.

A shrubby plant with woody stems
growing about three feet (90 cm) high and clothed
with narrow green leaves two inches (5 cm) long.
The greenish flowers are small and inconspicuous.

Found in sunny dry areas in the weatern United States,
southern Asia, and Siberia.
In Europe it is cultivated for the leaves.


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