Mugwort is s perennial plant that can be found in waste places, ditches, bushy areas, and along roadsides and fences in Europe, Asia and North and South America. The downy, grooved stems grow from 1 to 5 feet tall and bear alternate, pinnate leaves that are green on top and downy beneath. The leaflets are linear to spatulate and coarsely toothed. In addition, there is a basal rosette of pinnate leaves that survive the winter. Small, greenish-yellow to red-brown flower heads grow in panicled spikes from July to October.