Scientific name- Artemisia Vulagris (Named after Artemis the moon goddess, protector of women, goddess of childbirth and vulgaris meant - of the people)
Other common names- moonwort, womb wort, lunar weed, gypsy weed, cronewort, dream plant, black sage.
Family- Asteraceae (daisy)
Throughout Europe it was said that you knew where the herbalist or the witch lived because Mugwort grew around her house, for this was the mark of the herbalist, the mark of the midwife and the healer. The wise woman of the community.
Mugwort's leaves are a beautiful shape that changes as she grows, the underside of the leaf is covered in silvery hairs like a cobweb, a crones wild hair and the moon beams on a dark night. When I pick, crush and rub the leaf between my fingers the heady scent of sage, forest, earth and warmth fills my being and drops my shoulders.