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25 November 2019

Artemisia dracunculus (tarragon)

Identity

Preferred Scientific Name
Artemisia dracunculus L.
Preferred Common Name
tarragon
Other Scientific Names
Artemisia dracunculoides Pursh
Artemisia glauca
Artemisia inodora Willd. (1809)
Artemisia redowskyi Ledeb. (1815)
Oligosporus condimentarius Cass. (1826)
International Common Names
English
dragon mugwort
estragon
false tarragon sagewort
Spanish
dragoncilla
estragon
French
dragon
estragon
Local Common Names
Germany
Estragon
Italy
dragone
estragone
EPPO code
ARTDR (Artemisia dracunculus)
EPPO code
ARTGL (Artemisia glauca)

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Artemisia dracunculus (tarragon); cultivated habit. Südheide, Germany. August 2012.
Habit
Artemisia dracunculus (tarragon); cultivated habit. Südheide, Germany. August 2012.
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Artemisia dracunculus (tarragon); potted herb. Merrifield Garden Center, Virginia, USA. April 2006.
Potted herb
Artemisia dracunculus (tarragon); potted herb. Merrifield Garden Center, Virginia, USA. April 2006.
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Artemisia dracunculus (tarragon); young growth. Lónyaytelep, Transylvania, Romania. April 2016.
Habit
Artemisia dracunculus (tarragon); young growth. Lónyaytelep, Transylvania, Romania. April 2016.
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Artemisia dracunculus (tarragon); culitivated habit. Royal Botanical Garden of Madrid, Spain. May 2009.
Culitivated habit
Artemisia dracunculus (tarragon); culitivated habit. Royal Botanical Garden of Madrid, Spain. May 2009.
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Artemisia dracunculus (tarragon); close view of leaves and stems. Botanic Garden, Mainz, Germany. June 2011.
Leaves
Artemisia dracunculus (tarragon); close view of leaves and stems. Botanic Garden, Mainz, Germany. June 2011.
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Plant parts of tarragon (A. dracunculus). Line drawing, not necessarily to scale. (A) habit, flowering stem; (B) lobed basal leaves; (C) flower head; (D) female floret; (E) male floret.
Line drawing of plant parts
Plant parts of tarragon (A. dracunculus). Line drawing, not necessarily to scale. (A) habit, flowering stem; (B) lobed basal leaves; (C) flower head; (D) female floret; (E) male floret.
PROSEA Foundation
Mary Ellen (Mel) Harte, bugwood.org
Artemisia dracunculus
Mary Ellen (Mel) Harte, bugwood.org
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Mary Ellen (Mel) Harte, bugwood.org
Artemisia dracunculus
Mary Ellen (Mel) Harte, bugwood.org
Refer to Bugwood: http://www.bugwood.org/ImageUsage.html
Mary Ellen (Mel) Harte, bugwood.org
Artemisia dracunculus
Mary Ellen (Mel) Harte, bugwood.org
Refer to Bugwood: http://www.bugwood.org/ImageUsage.html
Mary Ellen (Mel) Harte, bugwood.org
Artemisia dracunculus
Mary Ellen (Mel) Harte, bugwood.org
Refer to Bugwood: http://www.bugwood.org/ImageUsage.html

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