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Re: Artemesia californica

Lyn Dearborn wrote:
> 
> Is Artimesia californica the same plant that the Native American population
> calls "Mugwort" and which we Native Californians have always called
> Artemesia vulgaris, I wonder?  **IF** so, it does quite well in the Sierra
> Foothills, at 300 ft, where it often snows.... It is also **my** favorite
> cure for poison oak ... but thats another story. Anyone wanting specific
> instructions may write to me.
> 
Hi lyn and others who have written about this species

In haste I assumed Artemesia californica to be a Californian native and
did not try to verify this. Unfortunately I cannot find it in any of my
reference books, but still assume this is its most likely place of
origin. Of course you cannot alway trust specific names.(EG Azalia
indica comes from Japan and Nerine sarnensis from South Africa)

Your Californian climate appears to be true Mediterranean.(I remember in
my early schooldays learning about hot dry summers and cool wet winters)

I am not sure how any  plant use to a climate like California would
stand up to the Irish climate, which is cool and wet in summer and cold
and wet in winter. I can see it possibly getting  waterlogged!

As to A vulgaris, this is a different and  much more adaptable plant. It
is native to Europe and Asia and naturalised in North America. It grows
wild in Britain and in much tougher climates also like Norway and
Siberia.

If I had any plant about whose hardiness I was doubtful, I would
certainly give it winter protection until I had built up a stock of
spares.

Moira
Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
Wainuiomata, New Zealand/Aotearoa ("Land of the Long White Cloud")
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