Artemisia afra Jacq. ex Willd.

Shrub, up to 2 m high, aromatic, stems greyish pubescent. Leaves alternate, bipinnati-partite, ultimate segments linear, entire or toothed, upper surface glabrous, lower surface canescent. Capitula disciform, many in terminal, racemose panicles. Receptacle flat, convex or hemispherical, epaleate, sometimes pilose. Ray florets female, fertile; corolla narrowly tubular, sometimes swollen below, 2-or 3-toothed, yellow. Disc florets bisexual, fertile or functionally male; corolla yellow, cylindric, sometimes narrowed or swollen at base, sometimes dilated above, 5-lobed. Flowering time Feb.-May. Pappus absent. Cypselae subglobose, terete or compressed, somewhat 3-angled, striate.

It is a tropical plant. In Swaziland it is rare. In Malawi it grows on the edges of forests and in rocky places at 2,000-2,450 m altitude. It can grow from 20-4,050 m above sea level. It grows in hot arid areas. It can grow in arid places.

The leaves have been used to flavour beer. They are used as a tea substitute.

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.