When is the best time to pick mugwort leaves?

1, the first three and the last four refer to the first three days and the last four days of the Dragon Boat Festival, which are very suitable for harvesting wormwood. The growth of wormwood is also affected by solar terms, which is similar to other crops.

According to the old people in the countryside, the season waits for no man, and wormwood is harvested too early and tender, so it is perfect to eat as food. However, as aromatherapy or other uses, the taste of this kind of wormwood is not the best, and the harvest is too late. Moreover, the wormwood has grown for too long, and its leaves and stems have begun to age, losing its use value. Therefore, the time to harvest wormwood is very important.

Extended data:

1, morphological characteristics

Stems with distinct edges, branched in the upper part, covered with white short wool. Simple leaves, alternate, the leaves in the middle of the stem are ovoid, triangular or elliptic, stalked, pinnately parted, two pairs of lobes on both sides are elliptic to elliptic-lanceolate, and the middle part is often 3-lobed. Lobes serrated, dark green at the top, densely covered with small glandular spots, sparsely white pilose, gray-green at the bottom, densely covered with white villi; The leaves at the top of the stem are entire or 3-lobed.

2. Distribution range

Wormwood is widely distributed in Northeast China, North China, East China, South China, Southwest China and Northwest China. It is distributed in most provinces and regions of China, mostly wild, but also cultivated in a small amount, and can be harvested once a year. Artemisia argyi has strong adaptability, but it grows well in moist and fertile sandy loam, and the pond, village and bridge are often covered with wild Artemisia argyi.

References:

Baidu encyclopedia-wormwood