Nature Atlas

How Nature Works
Sign In
Text size
100%
Theme

Switch Atlas

Specy

Artemisia absinthium

Flowering Plants

Artemisia absinthium, commonly known as wormwood, is a species of Artemisia native to North Africa and temperate regions of Eurasia, and it has become widely naturalized in Canada and the northern United States. It is grown as an ornamental plant and is used as an ingredient in the spirit absinthe and in some other alcoholic beverages. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Diet
Photosynthetic Autotroph 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 2
Relationship to People
Used in Traditional Medicine 1
Scientific Name
Artemisia absinthium 3
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Asteraceae, Taxa
Source Wikidata: Artemisia absinthium
In the Other Atlases
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Afghanistan, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Albania, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Algeria, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Austria, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Belarus, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Belgium, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Bolivia, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Bulgaria, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Cambodia, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Colombia, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Cuba, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Denmark, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Dominican Republic, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Ecuador, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Egypt, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: El Salvador, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Eritrea, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Ethiopia, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Finland, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: France, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Germany, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Greece, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Guatemala, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Haiti, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Honduras, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Hungary, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Iceland, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: India, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Iran, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Iraq, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Ireland, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Italy, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Japan, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Kazakhstan, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Libya, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: North America, found in there.
Sources
1. Artemisia absinthium (Wikipedia)
View the Source
2. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)View the Source
3. Wikipedia: Artemisia absinthium
WikipediaWikidata Q25686 (P225 taxon name)View the Source
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
International Union for Conservation of NatureView the Source
Wikidata: Artemisia absinthium
Child Taxon Of: Asteraceae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
Comments (0)
No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.
Reader Challenges (0)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.