Artemisia dracunculus: Difference between revisions

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Artemisia dracunculus L.

plante
Order	Asterales
Family	Compositae
Genus	Artemisia

2n = 18, 36, 54, 72, 90

Origin : southern Russia
and central Asia

cultivated


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French	{{{french}}}

Popular names

English: tarragon
French: estragon

See more European names

Biology

2n = 2x = 18; 4x = 36; 6x = 54; 8x = 72; 10x = 90

The famous French tarragon is sterile, with 2n = 4x = 36. The Russian tarragon is fertile, with 2n = 10x = 90, and much less appreciated, havins a distinct flavour.

Classification

Artemisia dracunculus L. (1753)

Cultivars

History

Uses

culinary herb
medicinal. See Cazin (1868)

References

Rousi, A., 1969. Cytogenetic comparison between two kinds of cultivated tarragon (Artemisia dracunculus). Hereditas, 62 : 192-193.

Links

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+*[http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/nexus/Artemisia_dracunculus_nex.html Purdue New Crops]
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