Asteraceae

Tree wormwood

Artemisia arborescens L.

Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Artemisia

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Tree wormwood (Artemisia arborescens) — FlowerPhoto: Marcello Manara, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (11)

Arabic: شيح شجيري
arz: شيح شجيرى
Catalan: Donzell arbustiu
Chinese: 树蒿, 樹蒿, 小木艾
English: Tree wormwood
Hebrew: לענה שיחנית
Igbo: Tree wormwood
kab: Taseṭṭa meryem
Persian: برنجاسف درختی
Russian: Полынь древовидная
Swedish: Buskmalört

Synonyms

Absinthium arborescens (L.) Moench
Absinthium arborescens Vaill.
Artemisia arborescens f. arborescens
Artemisia arborescens var. arborescens
Artemisia argentea Seb. & Maur. ex Willk. & Lange
Artemisia elegans Salisb.

Flowers

In flower: April to May (from 31 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Marcello Manara, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Riccardo Rocca, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Arnim Littek, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Drepanostoma, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: H Brisse, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Pavel Kacl, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Andre Hosper, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: H Brisse, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Christian Berg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: H Brisse, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: H Brisse, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.