Life Span
Perennial
Annual
Type
Bulb or Corm or Tuber
Shrub
Origin
-
-
Types
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Artemisia absinthium, Artemisia annua, Artemisia ludoviciana
Number of Varieties
10200
0
40000
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Habitat
Subtropical climates, Sunny Edge
Subtropical forests, Tropical Forests
USDA Hardiness Zone
-9999-9999
0
99
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AHS Heat Zone
-
12-8
Sunset Zone
21,22
H1, H2, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
Habit
Clump-Forming
Upright/Erect
Plant Size
Minimum Height
30.00 cm150.00 cm
0
3900
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Minimum Width
10.00 cm150.00 cm
0
6350
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Plant Color
Flower Color
White, Orange, Pink, Hot Pink, Coral, Crimson, Lavender, Ivory
-
Flower Color Modifier
Bicolor
-
Fruit Color
-
-
Leaf Color in Spring
Green, Gray Green, Dark Green
-
Leaf Color in Summer
Light Green
-
Leaf Color in Fall
Several shades of Green
-
Leaf Color in Winter
Light Green
-
Shape
Leaf Shape
Long linear and narrow
bipinnate
Thorns
✔
✘
✔
✘
Plant Season
Spring, Summer, Fall
Spring, Summer, Fall
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Growth Rate
Medium
Medium
Type of Soil
-
Loam, Sand
The pH of Soil
-
Acidic, Neutral
Soil Drainage
Well drained
Well drained
Bloom Time
Late Summer, Early Fall, Fall
-
Repeat Bloomer
✔
✘
✔
✘
Tolerances
Drought
Drought, Salt
Where to Plant?
Ground
Ground, Pot
How to Plant?
From bulbs
Seedlings
Plant Maintenance
Medium
Medium
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
Needs very little water
Average Water Needs
In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
In Spring
Moderate
Moderate
In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
Soil
Soil pH
-
Acidic, Neutral
Soil Type
-
Loam, Sand
Soil Drainage Capacity
Well drained
Well drained
Sun Exposure
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Pruning
Cut back the foliage when the plants die back naturally, Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
Fertilizers
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer, Apply N-P-K
Pests and Diseases
Pests and diseases free
Aphids, Gray leaf blight, Root rot
Plant Tolerance
Full Sun
Drought, Salt
Flowers
Showy
Insignificant
Flower Petal Number
Single
-
Fruits
Showy Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Edible Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrance
Fragrant Flower
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Leaf
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Bark/Stem
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Foliage
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Bark
✔
✘
✔
✘
Foliage Texture
Medium
-
Foliage Sheen
Matte
-
Evergreen
✔
✘
✔
✘
Invasive
✔
✘
✔
✘
Self-Sowing
✔
✘
✔
✘
Attracts
Bees, Butterflies, pollinators
Insects
Allergy
-
Pollen
Uses
Aesthetic Uses
Beautification, Cottage Garden, Informal Hedge, Mixed Border, Showy Purposes
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Beauty Benefits
-
Skin inflammation
Edible Uses
✔
✘
✔
✘
Environmental Uses
Air purification, Deer resistant, Food for insects
Air purification
Plant Benefits
Medicinal Uses
-
Antioxidants, Fever, Inflammation, Malaria
Part of Plant Used
Bulbs
Leaves
Other Uses
bulb used as starch
Medicinal oil, Oil is used for aromatherapy
Used As Indoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Used As Outdoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Garden Design
Cutflower, Feature Plant, Mixed Border
Foundation, Mixed Border, Rock Garden, Wall
Botanical Name
LYCORIS
Artemisia annua
Common Name
Naked Ladies, Spiderlily, Surprise Lily
sweet wormwood, sweet annie, sweet sagewort, annual mugwort
In Hindi
surprise lily
Artemisia
In German
Überraschung Lilie
Artemisia
In French
Lycoris squamigera
Artemisia
In Spanish
Lycoris squamigera
Artemisia
In Greek
surprise lily
Αρτεμίσια
In Portuguese
surpresa lírio
Artemisia
In Polish
niespodzianka lilia
Artemisia
In Latin
surprise lily
Artemisia
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
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Magnoliophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Magnoliopsida
Order
Asparagales
Asterales
Family
Amaryllidaceae
Asteraceae
Genus
Lycoris
Artemisia
Clade
Angiosperms, Monocotyledonous
Angiosperms, Asterids, Eudicots
Tribe
-
Anthemideae
Subfamily
Amaryllidoideae
Asteroideae
Number of Species
10400
1
27800
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