[2] Artemisia gmelinii is a perennial shrub growing up to 150 cm (4.9 ft) tall.

[3] It has thick and mossy leaves[4] which are elliptic and bi-pinnately dissected.

[4] It is native to China, Russia, Japan, and other parts of central Asia.

[1] It grows in a variety of habitats such as hills, meadows, roadsides, slopes and forest steppes.

[6] In Korea, the leaf and stem are used to treat hepatitis, hyperlipaemia and infected cholecystitis.