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Abelmoschus esculentus (L - the University of Maine at Fort Kent

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Kerm<strong>at</strong>h, Bennett and Pulsipher - Food Plants in <strong>the</strong> Americs<br />

Artemisia dracunculus L. subsp. dracunculina (S. W<strong>at</strong>son) H.M. Hall &<br />

Clements [syn. A. dracunculoides Pursh]<br />

FAMILY: Asteraceae or Compositae (aster, composite, or sunflower)<br />

ENGLISH: estragon, false tarragon<br />

PORTUGUESE: estragão<br />

SPANISH: estragón, tarragón<br />

USES/NOTES: Cooked leaves and oil-rich seeds are edible, and leaves<br />

are used as a spice and to flavor vinegar.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Eurasia<br />

REFERENCES: Kartesz 1994, Uph<strong>of</strong> 1968, Yanovsky 1936<br />

Artemisia frigida Willd.<br />

FAMILY: Asteraceae or Compositae (aster, composite, or sunflower)<br />

ENGLISH: fringed wormwood, fringed sage<br />

SPANISH: estafi<strong>at</strong>e<br />

USES/NOTES: Leaves are used as a spice, <strong>of</strong>ten to flavor corn.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Temper<strong>at</strong>e North America<br />

REFERENCES: Bailey Hortorium 1976, Facciola 1990, Harris 1998, Kirk<br />

1970, Uph<strong>of</strong> 1968<br />

Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. [syn. A. ludoviciana subsp. mexicana<br />

(Willd. ex Spreng.) D.D. Keck, A. mexicana Willd. ex Spreng.]<br />

FAMILY: Asteraceae or Compositae (aster, composite, or sunflower)<br />

ENGLISH: cudweed, Louisiana wormwood, Mexican oregano, white prairiesage<br />

SPANISH: estafi<strong>at</strong>e, teposano<br />

USES/NOTES: Plant is primarily medicinal, though seeds are edible and<br />

<strong>the</strong> leaves are used to flavor aguardiente, which is <strong>the</strong>n called<br />

yolixpa in Mexico’s Sierra Madre Oriental.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Alaska to sou<strong>the</strong>rn Mexico, Gu<strong>at</strong>emala, and Belize<br />

REFERENCES: Alcorn 1984, Bailey Hortorium 1976, Balick et al. 2000,<br />

Crowhurst 1972, Facciola 1990, Fernald 1950, Kerm<strong>at</strong>h (notes),<br />

Kindscher 1987<br />

Artemisia trident<strong>at</strong>a Nutt.<br />

FAMILY: Asteraceae or Compositae (aster, composite, or sunflower)<br />

ENGLISH: basin big sagebrush, big sagebrush, sage, wormwod<br />

USES/NOTES: Seeds are e<strong>at</strong>en raw, dried, or as meal.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Western North America<br />

REFERENCES: Kindscher 1987, Uph<strong>of</strong> 1968, Yanovsky 1936<br />

Artemisia tripartita Rydb.<br />

FAMILY: Asteraceae or Compositae (aster, composite, or sunflower)<br />

ENGLISH: artemisia, threetip sagebrush<br />

USES/NOTES: Seeds are edible.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: U.S. and Canada<br />

REFERENCES: Bailey Hortorium 1976, Uph<strong>of</strong> 1968<br />

Artemisia vulgaris L.<br />

DRAFT - DO NOT DUPLICATE OR DISTRIBUTE<br />

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