Asteraceae
Alps wormwood
Artemisia umbelliformis
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Artemisia
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Common names
By language (5)
- Bulgarian
- Алпийски пелин
- English
- Alps wormwood, Alpine wormwood, White genepi
- French
- Génépi blanc, Genepi blanc
- German
- Echte Edelraute, Silber-Edelraute, Silberraute
- Russian
- Полынь альпийская
Synonyms
- Absinthium laxum Lam.
- Absinthium mutellina Roehl. ex Steud.
- Artemisia delphinensis Besser
- Artemisia gabriellae Braun-Blanq.
- Artemisia laxiflora St.-Lag.
- Artemisia mutellina Vill.
- Artemisia oligantha Miégev.
- Artemisia rupestris All.
- Artemisia umbelliformis subsp. gabriellae (Braun-Blanq.) Vigo
- Artemisia wulfenii Schleich.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Ghislain118, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thomas Mathis, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ghislain118, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ghislain118, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Enrico Blasutto, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.