Artemisia maritima

Artemisia maritima, known as sea wormwood, is a species of flowering plant native to the Atlantic coasts of northern Europe, occurring from western and northern France through Ireland, the United Kingdom, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, the Baltic states and northwestern Russia. In Great Britain it reaches as far north as Wigton on the west coast and Cruden Bay on the east, and in Ireland it is found along stretches of both coasts and on the Isle of Man. The species was formerly classified under the synonym Seriphidium maritimum.