tarragon

perennial herb with an aniseed scent
Taxon taxon Q155814
tarragon
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Summary

tarragon is a taxon[1]. tarragon ranks in the top 0.38% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,591 views/month, #746 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • Parent taxon: Artemisia[4]
  • Taxon name: Artemisia dracunculus[5]
  • Subclass of: herb[6], useful plant[7], herbaceous plant[8]
  • Has use: medicinal plant[9], herb[10], spice[11]
  • Commons category: Artemisia dracunculus[12]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Artemisia dracunculus[13]
  • Commons gallery: Artemisia dracunculus[14]
  • External data available at URL: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/93725bf2-6ada-47f9-bd5e-0e679e3d245e[15]
  • Described by source: Encyclopedia of Armenian Nature[16], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[17], Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 76(2)[18], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[19], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20], Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[21], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[22], Small Soviet Encyclopedia[23]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=4282[24]
  • This taxon is source of: tarragon oil[25], tarragon[26], dried tarragon[27]
  • Short name: A. dracunculus[28]
  • Taxon common name: Estragon[29], tarragon[30], pelyněk estragon[31], Estragonpuju[32], Dragoncello o estragone[33], Palina dračia[34], Tarhun[35], Dragon[36], rakuuna[37], 龙蒿[38], 狭叶青蒿[39], 蛇蒿[40], 椒蒿[41], 青蒿[42]

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Identifiers

tarragon's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 57912[43]. tarragon's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 72341[44]. tarragon's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 577604[45]. tarragon's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3121581[46]. tarragon's ITIS TSN is recorded as 35462[47].

Why It Matters

tarragon has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[48] tarragon is known by 96 alternative names across languages and contexts.[49]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [48] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [49] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 27d ago · Dactylantha · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nzpcn id → artemisia-dracunculus
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  2. 12w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Q293313
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  3. 22w ago · AraBot bot · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
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    Instance of → taxon
    This taxon is source of → tarragon oil, tarragon, dried tarragon
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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