Asteraceae
Purple wormwood
Artemisia globularia
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Artemisia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Purple wormwood
Synonyms
- Ajania globularia (Cham. ex Besser) Poljakov
- Artemisia flava Jurtzev
- Artemisia globularia f. globularia
- Artemisia globularia var. globularia
- Artemisia globularia var. lutea Hultén
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: J Straka, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: no rights reserved, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Игорь Загребин, CC0, 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.