5,7-Dihy-droxy-2-(3-hy-droxy-4,5-dimeth-oxy-phen-yl)-6-meth-oxy-4H-chromen-4-one.

The title compound, C18H16O8, was isolated from the plant Artemisia baldshuanica Krasch et Zarp. The mol-ecule is approximately planar, with the exception of the terminal methyl groups, the C atoms of which devitate from their attached ring planes by 1.243 (5) and 1.