Tuesday, November 17, 2009

What is this plant? Would it be good for lotions etc.? Is it edible?

This plant grows in Georgia. I found it growing in gravel and in the open fields in poor soil-mostly clay and over limestone. I didn't see any flowers. It is fragrant, smells like an herb: kind of sweet, almost pine like. The leaves are slinder and pointed with a soft fuzzy underside. The roots are thick and kind of like wood, seems to root somewhat shallow. There is a main stalk which branches off and the branches (also fuzzy) are covered in leaves. Looks a lot like a bushy version of fleabane. Leaves hands sticky! Grows to a foot/foot and a half tall, grows in groups and individually.

What is this plant? Would it be good for lotions etc.? Is it edible?
Fairly good description, but not good enough for an exact answer. My best guess is Artemisia, either silver mound or powis castle. Here are pics for comparison.


Powis castle:


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Silver mound:


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