Taxon:
Artemisia dracunculus L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:849. 1753
Verified:
06/20/2008
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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Common names
English
French tarragon – Russian tarragon – silky wormwood – tarragon – wild tarragon – French
dragon – estragon – German
Estragon – Japanese Rōmaji
taragon – Portuguese
estragão – Spanish
dragoncillo – estragón – Swedish
dragon – Transliterated Russian
polyn estragon –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | | n. |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Middle Asia | Kazakhstan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Middle Asia | Kyrgyzstan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Middle Asia | Tajikistan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Mongolia | Mongolia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation | Altay | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation | Buryatia | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation | Chita | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation | Gorno-Altay | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation | Irkutsk | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation | Kemerovo | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation | Krasnoyarsk | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation | Kurgan | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation | Novosibirsk | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation | Omsk | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation | Tomsk | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation | Tuva | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation | Tyumen | s. |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation | Yakutia-Sakha | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Afghanistan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Himachal Pradesh | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Jammu and Kashmir | n.w. |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Pakistan | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Belarus | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation-European part | European part | s. |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Ukraine | | incl. Krym |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Illinois | |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Iowa | |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Kansas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Minnesota | |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Missouri | n. |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Nebraska | |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | North Dakota | |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Oklahoma | |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | South Dakota | |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Wisconsin | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Baja California (Norte) | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Chihuahua | n. |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Coahuila de Zaragoza | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Sonora | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Zacatecas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Colorado | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Idaho | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Montana | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Oregon | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Washington | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Wyoming | |
1 | Native | Northern America | South-Central U.S.A. | United States | Texas | n. & w. |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | California | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | Nevada | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | Utah | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Subarctic America | Canada | Yukon | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Subarctic America | United States | Alaska | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Western Canada | Canada | Alberta | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Western Canada | Canada | British Columbia | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Western Canada | Canada | Manitoba | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Western Canada | Canada | Saskatchewan | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | widely cult. |
3 | Adventive | Europe | Eastern Europe | Estonia | | |
3 | Adventive | Europe | Eastern Europe | Latvia | | |
3 | Adventive | Europe | Middle Europe | Belgium | | |
3 | Adventive | Europe | Middle Europe | Czech Republic | | |
3 | Adventive | Europe | Middle Europe | Germany | | |
3 | Adventive | Europe | Middle Europe | Slovakia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Caucasus | Armenia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Eastern Europe | Belarus | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Eastern Europe | Moldova | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Middle Europe | Austria | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Middle Europe | Poland | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Middle Europe | Switzerland | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Northern Europe | Norway | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Northern Europe | United Kingdom | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Italy | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Romania | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Slovenia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southwestern Europe | France | | |
Native
Asia-Temperate
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WESTERN ASIA:
Afghanistan
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SIBERIA:
Russian Federation [Buryatia, Gorno-Altay, Tuva, Yakutia-Sakha, Altay, Krasnoyarsk, Chita, Irkutsk, Kemerovo, Kurgan, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Tomsk, Tyumen (s.)]
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MIDDLE ASIA:
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
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MONGOLIA:
Mongolia
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CHINA:
China (n.)
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India [Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir (n.w.)], Pakistan
Europe
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EASTERN EUROPE:
Russian Federation-European part [European part (s.)], Belarus, Ukraine (incl. Krym)
Northern America
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SUBARCTIC AMERICA:
Canada [Yukon], United States [Alaska]
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WESTERN CANADA:
Canada [Saskatchewan, Alberta, Manitoba, British Columbia]
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NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri (n.), Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin]
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NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming]
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SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [Texas (n. & w.)]
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SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.:
United States [California, Nevada, Utah]
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NORTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Baja California (Norte), Chihuahua (n.), Coahuila de Zaragoza, Sonora, Zacatecas]
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SOUTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave]
Cultivated
(widely cult.)
Adventive
Europe
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MIDDLE EUROPE:
Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Slovakia
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EASTERN EUROPE:
Estonia, Latvia
Naturalized
Asia-Temperate
Europe
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NORTHERN EUROPE:
United Kingdom, Norway
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MIDDLE EUROPE:
Austria, Switzerland, Poland
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EASTERN EUROPE:
Belarus, Moldova
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SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE:
Italy, Romania, Slovenia
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SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE:
France
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Food additives | flavoring | | Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2 |
Materials | essential oils | a fragrance component | Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2 |
Medicines | folklore | | Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs |
Medicines | folklore | | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland. |