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Asteraceae

Tilesius' wormwood

Artemisia tilesii Ledeb.

Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Artemisia

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Tilesius' wormwood (Artemisia tilesii)
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Common names

By language (1)
English
Tilesius' wormwood, Tilesius wormwood

Synonyms

  • Artemisia elatior Rydb.
  • Artemisia gormanii Rydb.
  • Artemisia hookeriana Besser
  • Artemisia hultenii Maximova
  • Artemisia nipponica var. nipponica
  • Artemisia opulenta f. laciniata Pamp.
  • Artemisia pampaninii Kitam.
  • Artemisia tilesii f. genuina Pamp.
  • Artemisia tilesii f. pubescens G.N.Jones
  • Artemisia tilesii f. tilesii
  • Artemisia tilesii subsp. elatior (Torr. & A.Gray) Hultén
  • Artemisia tilesii subsp. gormanii (Rydb.) Hultén
  • Artemisia tilesii subsp. hultenii (M.I.Maximova) Ameljcz.
  • Artemisia tilesii subsp. hultenii (Maximova) V.G.Sergienko
  • Artemisia tilesii subsp. tilesii
  • Artemisia tilesii subsp. typica D.D.Keck
  • Artemisia tilesii subsp. unalaschcensis (Besser) Hultén
  • Artemisia tilesii var. aleutica (Hultén) S.L.Welsh
  • Artemisia tilesii var. arctica Besser
  • Artemisia tilesii var. elatior Torr. & A.Gray
  • Artemisia tilesii var. kotzebuensis Besser
  • Artemisia tilesii var. tilesii
  • Artemisia tilesii var. unalaschcensis Besser
  • Artemisia unalaskensis Rydb.
  • Artemisia unalaskensis var. aleutica Hultén
  • Artemisia unalaskensis var. unalaskensis
  • Artemisia vulgaris subsp. tilesii (Ledeb.) H.M.Hall & Clem.
  • Artemisia vulgaris var. minor Ledeb.
  • Artemisia vulgaris var. nipponica Nakai

Flowers

Flower colour
yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb, Subshrub
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native

Toxicity: Moderate, as listed by the USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29). USDA rates how toxic a plant is to people or livestock; it is not a pet-safety rating, so ask a vet or poison line if a pet or child ate it.

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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.