A perennial herb grows to 20-150 cm tall, with slender, branched stems. The leaves are lanceolate, 2-8 cm long and 2-10 mm broad, glossy green, with an entire margin. The flowers are produced in small capitulae 2-4 mm diameter, each capitulum containing up to 40 yellow or greenish-yellow florets.

Antiscorbutic, diuretic, emmenagogue, hypnotic and stomachic (leaves)

Tarragon (Artemisia dracunculus L.)
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1,8-Cineole, alpha-pinene, anisic acid, anisole, beta-myrcene, beta-pinene, caffeic acid, camphor, chlorogenic acid, estragole, eugenol, geraniol, glutamic acid, glycine, hyperoside, isofraxidin, limonene, menthol, menthone, methyl-isoeugenol, myrcene, naringenin, nerol, p-cymene, quercetin, rutin, scoparone, scopoletin, thujone, tyrosinen (shoot); alpha-cedrene, alpha-phellandrene, anethole, apigenin, beta-sitosterol, butyric acid, carvone, cirsilineol, citral, costunolide, coumarin, esculetin, gallic acid, hispidulin, iso-eugenol, luteolin, methyl-chavicol, methyl-eugenol, niacin, o-cresol, oleic acid, p-coumaric acid, p-cresol, phloroglucinol, rhamnetin, riboflavin, rosmarinic acid, sinapic acid, squalene, stigmasterol, tannin, thiamin, umbelliferone (plant); anisaldehyde (essential oil); arginine, ascorbic acid, beta-carotene, camphene, ferulic acid, gentisic acid, herniarin, p-hydroxy benzoic acid, protocatechuic acid, salicyclic acid, syringic acid (leaf)

To cure toothache (root); stimulates the digestive system and uterus, lowers fevers and destroys intestinal worms (plant); in the treatment of indigestion, flatulence, nausea, hiccups etc (leaves); to treat digestive problems, as emmenagogue (essential oil)