Morphological, Anatomical and Flowering Characteristics of Some of Mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris L.) Accessions

Abstract

     A total of 12 mugwort assessions (G1 to G15) collected from thep rovinces in Northern Viet Nam were characterized on morpholoy, anatomy and flowering. The resuts showed that the mugwort accessions were rather diverse in stem color (green - G13, G14; purple green G1, G2 - and purple - G4), flower color (white and light yellow), plant height (from 32.45 cm in G7 to 148.8 cm in G2), branching (from 7.25 branches/plant in G1 to 29.75 branches/plant in G9), and flowering. Flowering of mugwort started from September (G1, G2) to November (G13, G14) and time from flowering to ripping seeds was one month in all of accessions. The high of fertility rate (> 90%) of pollen was observed in all assessions. Seed shape and 1000 seed mass (0.1 - 0.2 g) were assession-specific.