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|common_name=Absinth Wormwood
|familia=Asteraceae
|genus=Artemisia
|species=absinthium
|common_name=absinthium, absinthe wormwood, wormwood, common wormwood, grand wormwood
|habit=herbaceous
|origin=Eurasia, N Africa
|lifespan=perennial
|exposure=sun
|water=moderate, dry
|features=flowers, fragrance
|flowers=yellow
|Temp Metric=°F
|Temp Metric=°F
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|image_caption=''Artemisia absinthium'' growing wild in the [[Caucasus]]
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'''''Artemisia absinthium''''' ('''absinthium''', '''absinthe wormwood''', '''wormwood''', '''common wormwood''', or '''grand wormwood''') is a species of [[Artemisia (plant)|wormwood]], native to temperate regions of [[Eurasia]] and northern [[Africa]].
It is a [[herbaceous]] [[perennial plant]], with a hard, woody [[rhizome]]. The stems are straight, growing to 0.8-1.2 m (rarely 1.5 m) tall, grooved, branched, and silvery-green. The [[leaf|leaves]] are spirally arranged, greenish-grey above and white below, covered with silky silvery-white trichomes, and bearing minute oil-producing glands; the basal leaves are up to 25 cm long, bipinnate to tripinnate with long [[Petiole (botany)|petiole]]s, with the cauline leaves (those on the stem) smaller, 5-10 cm long, less divided, and with short petioles; the uppermost leaves can be both simple and sessile (without a petiole). Its [[flower]]s are pale yellow, tubular, and clustered in spherical bent-down [[inflorescence|heads]] (capitula), which are in turn clustered in leafy and branched [[panicle]]s. Flowering is from early summer to early autumn; pollination is [[Pollination|anemophilous]]. The [[fruit]] is a small [[achene]]; seed [[Biological dispersal|dispersal]] is by gravity.
It grows naturally on uncultivated, arid ground, on rocky slopes, and at the edge of footpaths and fields.
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Artemisia absinthium, Linn. Wormwood. Absinthium. Almost shrubby, 2-4 ft. high, spreading and branchy, white-silky: Lvs. 2-3-parted into oblong, obtuse lobes: heads small and numerous, in leafy panicles.—Wormwood is native to Eu., but it occasionally escapes from gardens. It is a common garden herb, being used in domestic medicine, especially as a vermifuge. Wormwood tea is an odorous memory with every person who was reared in the country. See Absinthe and Wormwood.
Artemisia absinthium, Linn. Wormwood. Absinthium. Almost shrubby, 2-4 ft. high, spreading and branchy, white-silky: Lvs. 2-3-parted into oblong, obtuse lobes: heads small and numerous, in leafy panicles.—Wormwood is native to Eu., but it occasionally escapes from gardens. It is a common garden herb, being used in domestic medicine, especially as a vermifuge. Wormwood tea is an odorous memory with every person who was reared in the country. See Absinthe and Wormwood.
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==Cultivation==
The plant can easily be cultivated in dry soil. They should be planted under bright exposure in fertile, mid-weight soil. It prefers soil rich in nitrogen. It can be propagated by growth (ripened cuttings taken in March or October in temperate climates) or by seeds in nursery beds. It is naturalised in some areas away from its native range, including much of North America.
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==References==
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
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