What is the connection and difference between Artemisia and Peppermint?

Connection: Artemisia and peppermint both belong to the Lamiaceae family, both can be used in medicine, and the distribution locations are similar. Highly similar. The flowering and fruiting stages are close.

Differences: Artemisia annua, scientific name Herbaceae, Lamiaceae, characteristics: erect herb, 30-50 cm high, with dense fibrous roots.

The stems are usually branched from above the middle, obtuse four-shaped, grooved, often straw yellow, and turn purple-brown when old. Leaves ovate or elliptic-lanceolate, apex acuminate, base wedge-shaped and narrow-winged, margins serrate; The petioles have narrow wings. Spike-like inflorescences, abbalys biased to one side; The bracts are broadly ovate, marginally hairy.

Calyx bell-shaped, calyx tooth 5, triangular, marginal hairs. Corolla lavender, pubescent on the outside, crown eaves bilabial, upper lip erect, apex slightly absent, lower lip spread, stamens 4, extended, columella hidden. The small nuts are oblong, about 1 mm long, brownish-yellow, smooth.

The flowering period is from July to October, and the fruiting period is from October to January of the following year. Distribution: large lawn, Shenwei ditch, Badaogou, Pangquangou and other grasslands, roadsides.

Uses: Whole herb is used as medicine to treat acute gastroenteritis, abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhea, summer and autumn heatstroke, headache and fever, chills and no sweating, cholera, edema, epistaxis, bad breath and other diseases.

Peppermint, Lamiaceae Characteristic: perennial herb. The stem is erect, 30 60 cm high, with slender fibrous roots and horizontal creeping rhizomes in the lower segments, sharp four-shaped, with four grooves, multi-branched.

Leaves oblong-lanceolate, lanceolate, elliptic or ovate-lanceolate, sparsely oblong, 3 6 cm long, cm wide, apex acutely pointed, base wedge-shaped to nearly rounded; The petiole is 2 to 10 mm long. The inflorescence is axillary and spherical in outline. Calyx tubular bell-shaped, calyx teeth 5, narrowly triangular diamond-shaped.

The corolla is pale purple, the crown eaves are 4-lobed, and the stamens are 4, all of which extend beyond the corolla, and the columella slightly exceeds the stamens. Small nuts are ovate-shaped, yellowish-brown, with small glandular fossa. The flowering period is from July to September, and the fruiting period is October.

Distribution: Dalawn, Shenwei ditch, Bashui ditch, Pangquan ditch, Laoman ditch and other ditch edges. Usage:

The tips of young stems are edible; The whole herb is used as medicine to treat colds, fevers, sore throats, headaches, eye pain, rubella, itching, measles and other symptoms.

First of all, from a botanical point of view, both Artemisia and Peppermint belong to the Lamiaceae family, which means that they are taxonomically closely related. Moreover, both can be used as herbal remedies because they have certain similar medicinal properties.

However, the characteristics and distribution of Artemisia and Peppermint also vary greatly. Artemisia annua, scientific name Herbaceae, is an erect herb, usually between 30 and 50 cm in height, with dense fibrous roots, stems usually branched from above the middle, obtuse tetramorphic, grooved, leaves ovate or elliptic-lanceolate, with serrated margins. Peppermint, on the other hand, is an herbaceous plant that is usually between 50 and 100 cm in height, with stout rhizomes, quadrangular stems, leathery, and serrated edges.

In addition, the flowering and fruiting periods of Artemisia and mint are also different. Artemisia blooms from July to October and bears fruit from October to January, while mint blooms from July to September and bears fruit from September to October.

In general, although Artemisia and peppermint are taxonomy and medicinal value, there are significant differences in their plant characteristics and distribution.

Basil. The leaves are hairless, and the way to distinguish them is by smell, but the taste is difficult to describe.

But the leaves of basil are generally much larger than mint, and the color is darker, mint is mostly light green, and basil is dark and light green. Basil will turn black after a long time, so don't use it. Basil grows a bit like spinach.

Very dissimilar.

Peppermint is a square stem, and Artemisia annua is a round stem.

Mint leaves are oblong and villous, and Artemisia annua has pinnate leaves.

Peppermint Artemisia annua.