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The "Inu-yomogi" (Artemisia keiskeana) belongs to Asteraceae (the Aster family). It is a perennial herb that is distributed throughout Japan, as well as the Korean Peninsula and northeastern China. This herb grows on precipitous slopes and cliffs in mountains, and it can reach 30-80 cm in height. The stems which not bearing flowering-stalks are low, the broad spatulate leaves have large toothed edges and are arranged in rossete. The cauline leaves are obovate to spatulate with large toothed edges. The spherical flowerheads about 3 mm across bloom descending from August to October. The fruits are narrow-obovate achenes about 2 mm long. In Chinese, it is called "無歯萎蒿" (wu chi lou hao).
In Korean, it's called "mal-geun-dae-ssuk" (맑은대쑥). This is a compound word consisting of "clear" (mal-geun: 맑은) + "stem" (dae: 대) + "mugwort" (ssuk: 쑥). It is believed to have been named after the mugwort plant, which "gives a clean and clear impression and has straight stems".
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