This paper analyzed and compared volatile components of Artemisia argyi var. argyi ‘Qiai’, Artemisia indica and A. vulgaris produced in Zhangzhou. The volatile components were determined by headspace gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (HSGC-MS) and compared. GC-MS analysis show that there are 30 volatile components in A. argyi var. argyi ‘Qiai’, of which monoterpenoids account for 91.40%, sesquiterpenoids account for 2.02%, and components of high content are eucalyptol (73.56%), o-Cymene(4.94%), camphor (3.65%) α-pinene (3.41%), camphorene (2.66%), thujanol(2.41%), 4-hexenylacetate (1.95%), caryophyllene (1.83%), β-pinene (1.49%) and terpinene (1.15%). A. indica contains 17 volatile components, of which monoterpenoids account for 68.91%, sesquiterpenoids account for 31.22%, and volatile components of high content are artemisyl ketone (50.29%), caryophyllene (15.56%), germacrene D (9.05%), α-pinene (7.57%), artemisyl ketone (3.75%), thujone (3.49%), 4-hexenylacetate (2.29%) and β-longleaf pinene (1.60%). A. vulgaris contains 14 volatile components, of which monoterpenoids account for 77.22%, sesquiterpenoids account for 4.98%, and volatile components of high content are sabinene (44.08%), leafacetate (16.51%), α-pinene (15.37%), chrysanthenone (7.70%), eucalyptol (3.83%), caryophyllene (3.33%), β-pinene (2.08%), β-phellandrene (1.61%) and d-limonene (1.46%). According to GC-MS analysis and principal component analysis (PCA), the aroma components of A. vulgaris and A. indica are more similar, which have significant differences with those of A. argyi var. argyi ‘Qiai’.