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Asteraceae

Gmelin's wormwood

Artemisia gmelinii Weber ex Stechm.

Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Artemisia

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Gmelin's wormwood: Artemisia gmelinii , plant cultivated in Wrocław University Botanical Garden, Wrocław, Poland.
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (6)
Chinese
細裂葉蓮蒿, 细裂叶莲蒿, 白莲蒿, 两色万年蒿, 小白蒿, 小裂齿蒿, 细裂叶莲蒿(万年蒿), 铁杆蒿
English
Gmelin's wormwood
German
Gmelin-Beifuß
Mongolian
Бударганын цай
Polish
Bylica Gmelina
Russian
Полынь Гмелина, Полынь жертвенная

Synonyms

  • Artemisia annua Pall.
  • Artemisia baicalensis Willd. ex DC.
  • Artemisia exilis Fisch. ex DC.
  • Artemisia gmelinii subsp. gmelinii
  • Artemisia gmelinii subsp. intermedia (Ledeb.) Kupr.
  • Artemisia gmelinii subsp. latiloba (Ledeb.) Kupr.
  • Artemisia gmelinii subsp. scheludjakoviae Korobkov
  • Artemisia gmelinii var. gmelinii
  • Artemisia gmelinii var. minor (Ledeb.) B.D.Naithani
  • Artemisia hyrcana Spreng.
  • Artemisia iwayomogi Kitam.
  • Artemisia iwayomogi f. laciniiformis (Nakai) Kitam.
  • Artemisia iwayomogi var. discolor (Torr. & A.Gray) Y.N.Lee
  • Artemisia iwayomogi var. iwayomogi
  • Artemisia messerschmidiana var. viridis Besser
  • Artemisia millefoliata M.Bieb. ex DC.
  • Artemisia monogyna Pojark.
  • Artemisia plumosa Fisch. ex DC.
  • Artemisia racemifera Steph. ex Besser
  • Artemisia saclorum var. intermedia Ledeb.
  • Artemisia saclorum var. latiloba Ledeb.
  • Artemisia sacrorum Ledeb.
  • Artemisia sacrorum f. sacrorum
  • Artemisia sacrorum subsp. sacrorum
  • Artemisia sacrorum var. minor Ledeb.
  • Artemisia santolinifolia Turcz. ex Besser
  • Artemisia santonica subsp. monogyna Leonova
  • Artemisia saxorum F.Schmidt
  • Artemisia stechmanniana var. sibirica Besser
  • Artemisia stewartii C.B.Clarke
  • Artemisia suaveolens Fisch. ex DC.
  • Artemisia wadei Edgew.

Characteristics

Growth habit
Subshrub
Lifespan
Annual, Perennial
In the US and Canada
Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

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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.