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Asteraceae

Sea wormwood

Artemisia maritima L.

Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Artemisia

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Sea wormwood: Artemisia maritima : Habit.
Photo: Sten Porse, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (27)
Arabic
أبسنت بحري, افسنتين بحري
arz
ابسنت بحريه شحيحة الزهر
azb
کامفورا یووشانی
Azerbaijani
Kamfora yovşanı
Bulgarian
Морски пелин
Chinese
海蒿, 海艾
Danish
Strand-Malurt, Strandmalurt
Dutch
Zeealsem
English
Sea wormwood
Estonian
Meripuju
Finnish
Merimaruna
French
Armoise maritime
frr
Röökelbosk
German
Strand-Beifuss, Strand-Beifuß, Strandwermut
Irish
Liath na trá
Latvian
Jūrmalas vībotne
Malayalam
മക്കിപ്പൂവ്, Sea Wormwood, മക്കിപൂവ്
Norwegian Bokmål
Strandmalurt
Norwegian Nynorsk
Strandmalurt
pcd
Apsinte-éd-mér
Persian
برنجاسف پیرزن
Polish
Bylica nadmorska
Sindhi
درمڻو ترڪي, آرٽيميسيا ميريٽيما, جوهري اجوائن, شيخ خراساني
Spanish
Ajenjo marítimo, Artemisa rusa
Swedish
Strandmalört
Vietnamese
Ngải giun
Welsh
Wermod y môr

Synonyms

  • Artemisia maritima subsp. salina (Willd.) Nyman
  • Artemisia pseudogallica (Rouy) A.W.Hill
  • Artemisia salina Willd.
  • Artemisia salina subsp. salina
  • Seriphidium maritimum (L.) Poljakov
  • Seriphidium maritimum var. salinum (Willd.) Y.R.Ling

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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.