Asteraceae
Artemisia afra
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Artemisia
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Common names
By language (6)
- Afrikaans
- Wilde-als
- Amharic
- ኣሪቲ
- Chinese
- 非洲苦艾
- Persian
- درمنه آفریقای جنوبی
- Turkish
- Acı Pelin
- Zulu
- Umhlonyane
Synonyms
- Absinthium tenuifolium Gaterau
- Artemisia altaica Desf.
- Artemisia balsamita Willd.
- Artemisia grandiflora Fisch. ex Herder
- Artemisia pallida Salisb.
- Artemisia pontica Burm.f.
- Artemisia pseudopontica Schur
- Artemisia tenuifolia Moench
Photos

Photo: H Brisse, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: H Brisse, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: H Brisse, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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). About our plant data.