WorldFloraDB - Artemisia abrotanum

Characteristics

Perennial and ± shrubby, 0.5–2 m, much branched; lvs 3–6 cm, thinly tomentose beneath, green and glabrous or nearly so above, 2–3 times pinnatifid with elongate,linear or filiform, ascending segments 0.5–1.5 mm wide; infl ample; invol 2–3.5 mm; achenes 4–5-angled, broadest at the truncate summit; 2n=18. Roadsides and waste places; native of the Old World, cult. and sparingly established throughout much of the U.S., especially toward the ne. Aug., Sept.

More

A shrub. It grows 1.2 m tall and spreads 1.2 m wide. It has soft stems. The leaves are grey and finely divided. The leaves are threadlike at the ends. The flowers are small and yellow in heads.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

Growth support

-

Foliage retention

deciduous

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

anemogamy

Spread

barochory

Mature width (meter)

0.5 - 1.0

Mature height (meter)

1.0 - 1.2

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

1.5

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

-

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

Environment

It is a temperate plant. In Argentina it grows between 500-1,000 m above sea level. It suits hardiness zones 4-10. Hobart Botanical Gardens

More

Not known in a truly wild situation.

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture
Soil acidity
Soil nutriment
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

CAUTION: Several plants in this group are poisonous. The young bitter leaves are used to flavour beer and liqueurs. The leaves are used to flavour cakes. The leaves are brewed into tea. The flowering aerial parts are used to make a liqueur.

Uses	dye environmental use essential oil food medicinal poison seasoning tea
Edible	leaves shoots
Therapeutic use	Antiseptic (unspecified), Cordial (unspecified), Detergent (unspecified), Hair-Oil (unspecified), Vulnerary (unspecified), Whitlow (unspecified), Emmenagogue (unspecified), Expectorant (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Stimulant (unspecified), Tonic (unspecified), Vermifuge (unspecified), Wen (unspecified), Insect repellents (unspecified)
Human toxicity	toxic (aerial)
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

It can be grown from cuttings.

Mode	cuttings divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days)	30 - 60
Germination temperacture (C°)	15 - 18
Germination luminosity	light
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	-23
Optimum temperature (C°)	11 - 22
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-

Images

Habit

Artemisia abrotanum habit picture by lise z (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Artemisia abrotanum leaf picture by Martin Allan (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Artemisia abrotanum flower picture by Casafont Laia (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Distribution

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:306365-2
WFO ID	wfo-0000024341
COL ID	GVZ9
BDTFX ID	6752
INPN ID	83932
Wikipedia (EN)	Link
Wikipedia (FR)	Link

Synonyms

Abrotanum platylobum Abrotanum brachylobium Artemisia humilis Artemisia naronitana Artemisia abrotanum Abrotanum pulverulentum Abrotanum pedunculare Artemisia herbacea Artemisia anethifolia Artemisia procera Artemisia foeniculacea Artemisia abrotanifolia Abrotanum suave Artemisia tenuissima Artemisia herbacea Artemisia elegans Artemisia altissima Abrotanum mas Artemisia herbacea Artemisia herbacea Abrotanum incanescens Abrotanum congestum Abrotanum rhodanicum Abrotanum pauciflorum Abrotanum viridulum Abrotanum xerophilum Artemisia angustifolia Artemisia paniculata Artemisia elatior Abrotanum alpestre Abrotanum virgatum Abrotanum ambiguum

WorldFloraDB 2024

Artemisia abrotanum L.

Southernwood (en), Aurone (fr), Armoise Aurone (fr), Armoise aurone (fr), Aurone mâle (fr), Armoise citronnelle (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Artemisia