Asteraceae
Biennial wormwood
Artemisia biennis
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Artemisia
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Common names
By language (11)
- arz
- شيح بينيس
- Chinese
- 二年生蒿
- Czech
- Pelyněk dvouletý
- Dutch
- Rechte alsem
- English
- Biennial wormwood
- Finnish
- Sahamaruna
- German
- Zweijähriger Beifuss, Zweijähriger Beifuß
- Hawaiian
- Ahinahina
- Persian
- برنجاسف دوساله
- Polish
- Bylica dwuletnia
- Welsh
- Y feidiog fain
Synonyms
- Artemisia australis Ehrh. ex DC.
- Artemisia biennis var. biennis
- Artemisia biennis var. diffusa Dorn
- Artemisia cernua Dufour ex Willk. & Lange
- Artemisia cernuiflora Dufour ex Willk. & Lange
- Artemisia eschscholtziana Besser
- Artemisia hispanica Jacq.
- Artemisia inconspicua Spreng.
- Artemisia jacquinii Raeusch.
- Artemisia microcephala Hillebr.
- Artemisia pyromacha Viv.
- Artemisia ramosa Lag. ex Willk. & Lange
- Artemisia seriphium Pourr. ex Willk. & Lange
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Biennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: introduced, Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.