- English Common Name
- Chinese Wormwood
- Scientific name
- Crossostephium chinense
- Taxonomy
- Order: Asterales, Family: Asteraceae
- Size
- 20 cm – 30 cm
- Species Distribution
- Okinawa Islands, Daito Islands, Miyako Islands, Yaeyama Islands, Akuseki Island, Amami Islands, Iwo Island, Taiwan, Southern China, and the Philippines
- Okinawa Red List of Threatened Species: Vulnerable
- Japan Red List of Threatened Species: Vulnerable
- This plant grows on limestone on coast where sea spray reaches. Habitat loss caused by coastal development is a concern today.
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- Updated July 2018
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