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|genus=Artemisia
|species=abrotanum
|common_name=Southernwood
|common_name=Southernwood
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'''Southernwood''' (''Artemisia abrotanum'') is a [[flowering plant]]. Found in [[Europe]], the genus ''[[Artemisia (plant)|Artemisia]]'' was named for the Goddess [[Artemis]]. Southernwood is known by many other names including Old Man, Boy's Love, Oldman Wormwood, Lover's Plant, Appleringie, Garderobe, Our Lord's Wood, Maid's Ruin, Garden Sagebrush, European Sage, Lad's Love, Southern Wormwood, and Lemon Plant.
The plant is a member of the [[genus]] ''Artemisia'', along with mugwort and [[Wormwood]] (an ingredient in [[absinthe]]). Southernwood has a strong [[camphor]]-like odour and was historically used as an air freshener or [[strewing herb]].
It forms a small bushy [[shrub]], which is widely cultivated by gardeners. The grey-green leaves are small, narrow and feathery. The small flowers are yellow. It can easily be propagated by [[cutting (plant)|cuttings]], or by division of the roots.
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Artemisia abrotanum, Linn. Southernwood. Old Man. Shrubby, 3-5 ft., green and glabrous, the st. much branched and rather strict: Lvs. 1-3- pinnately divided, the divisions fine- filiform : panicle loose, with yellowish white heads. Eu.—Southernwood is grown for its pleasant-scent foliage; and it sometimes escapes into waste places. See Southernwood.
Artemisia abrotanum, Linn. Southernwood. Old Man. Shrubby, 3-5 ft., green and glabrous, the st. much branched and rather strict: Lvs. 1-3- pinnately divided, the divisions fine- filiform : panicle loose, with yellowish white heads. Eu.—Southernwood is grown for its pleasant-scent foliage; and it sometimes escapes into waste places. See Southernwood.
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Southernwood (Artemisia Abrotanum, which see for botanical account) is a European herb, aromatic, much branched, woody-stemmed, rather tender, perennial, 3 to 5 feet tall, with pale green or grayish often variegated leaves, small yellowish flowers and minute seeds. (Fig. 3653.) It is occasionally found in family gardens, where it is grown from seed (or more often from its easily rooted cuttings, which are most readily obtained in early summer) for its pleasant taste and tonic properties, which resemble those of wormwood. It is seldom offered by seedsmen in this country because of its slight importance.
Southernwood (Artemisia abrotanum, which see for botanical account) is a European herb, aromatic, much branched, woody-stemmed, rather tender, perennial, 3 to 5 feet tall, with pale green or grayish often variegated leaves, small yellowish flowers and minute seeds. It is occasionally found in family gardens, where it is grown from seed (or more often from its easily rooted cuttings, which are most readily obtained in early summer) for its pleasant taste and tonic properties, which resemble those of wormwood. It is seldom offered by seedsmen in this country because of its slight importance.
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