Asteraceae
Southernwood
Artemisia abrotanum
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Artemisia
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Common names
By language (45)
- Albanian
- Aborotoni
- Arabic
- قيصوم, مسك الجن
- Armenian
- Օշինդր բուժիչ
- arz
- الارطماسيا ابروتانوم
- Azerbaijani
- Müalicəvi yovşan
- ba
- Полынь лечебная
- Belarusian
- Палын мяцёлчаты, Палын лячэбны
- Bulgarian
- Катриника, Божо дръвче
- Catalan
- Abròtan
- Chinese
- 欧亚碱蒿, 歐亞碱蒿, 南木蒿
- Croatian
- Gorkasti pelin
- Czech
- Pelyněk brotan
- Danish
- Ambra
- Dutch
- Citroenkruid
- English
- Southernwood, Lad's love, Old man, Southern wormwood
- Esperanto
- Abrotano
- Estonian
- Sidrunpuju
- Finnish
- Aaprottimaruna, Aaprotti
- French
- Aurone
- Galician
- Abrótano macho
- German
- Eberraute, Coca-Cola-Strauch, Cola-Kraut, Eberreis, Stabwurz
- hsb
- Bože drěwčko
- io
- Abrotano
- Italian
- Abrotano, Abròtano, Erba reale
- Japanese
- オキナヨモギ, アルテミシア・アブロタヌム, キダチヨモギ, サザンウッド
- kw
- Henwour
- Latvian
- Dievkociņš
- Lithuanian
- Diemedis, Paprastasis diemedis
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Abrodd, Abrot
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Abrodd, Abrot
- os
- Хосгæнæн скъæлдзой
- pcd
- Avròn·nhe, Anbròn·nhe, Avrondéle, Ivrone, Éròn·ne
- Persian
- برنجاسف جنوبی
- Polish
- Bylica boże drzewko
- Portuguese
- Abrótano
- Russian
- Полынь лечебная, Божье дерево, Полынь божье-дерево, Полынь высокая, Полынь рослая
- Serbian
- Божје дрвце
- sgs
- Žalmedis
- Slovak
- Palina abrotská, Palina obrovská
- Slovenian
- Abrašica, Abraščica
- Spanish
- Abrotano, Abrotano campestre, Abrotano macho, Abrótano campestre, Abrótano macho, Alsuila, Balsamo verde, Bálsamo verde
- Swedish
- Åbrodd, Abrodd
- Tatar
- Полынь лечебная
- Ukrainian
- Полин лікарський
- Welsh
- Hen ŵr, Siligabŵd
Synonyms
- Artemisia altissima Ehrh. ex DC.
- Artemisia anethifolia Fisch. ex DC.
- Artemisia elatior Klokov
- Artemisia elegans Fisch. ex Ledeb.
- Artemisia foeniculacea Steven ex DC.
- Artemisia herbacea Ehrh.
- Artemisia herbacea Ehrh. ex Willd.
- Artemisia herbacea Clarke ex DC.
- Artemisia herbacea Hort.Wratisl. ex Besser
- Artemisia paniculata Lam.
- Artemisia procera Willd.
- Artemisia proceriformis Krasch.
- Artemisia tenuissima Spreng. ex Besser
Flowers
- In flower
- August to September (from 8 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Elio Oblomoff, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Vasily Moryashkin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Евгений Маринкин, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Andrey Sdobnikov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Элеонора Анатольевна, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: André Karwath aka Aka, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vladimir Atachkin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: André Karwath aka Aka, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stanislav Murashkin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: André Karwath aka Aka, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stanislav Murashkin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.