absinth wormwood

 Plants: Shrub or Subshrub
Magnoliopsida > Asterales > Asteraceae > Artemisia absinthium L.
Synonym(s): absinthium
Absinth wormwood (absinthium, common wormwood) is an herbaceous, perennial plant that can grow up to 5 ft. (1.5 m) tall. It has many branching stems arising from a woody base. Leaves are alternate, gray-green, 1-4 in. (2.5-10 cm) long and give off a strong sage-like scent when crushed. Lower leaves are divided into 2-3 segments and the upper leaves are not divided. Flowering occurs in midsummer, when pale yellow, tubular flowers develop in drooping heads in the axils of the leaves. A single plant can produce 50,000 seeds. Absinth wormwood invades open and disturbed sites such as pastures, rangelands, crop land, stream banks, prairies and old fields. The plant is native to Europe and was first introduced into the United States in the mid-1800s.

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5306064 Diagram or Graphic Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. Illustrated flora of the northern states and Canada. Vol. 3: 525. USDA PLANTS Database
5366112 Flower(s)

Absinth Wormwood closeup branches,leaves, and flowers

 K. George Beck & James Sebastian
5366113 Flower(s)

Absinth Wormwood closeup flowers

 K. George Beck & James Sebastian
5366114 Flower(s)

Absinth wormwood flowers

 K. George Beck & James Sebastian
5366118 Flower(s) K. George Beck & James Sebastian
1358118 Flower(s) Mary Ellen (Mel) Harte
1358119 Flower(s) Mary Ellen (Mel) Harte
1358115 Flower(s) Mary Ellen (Mel) Harte
5227013 Flower(s) Richard Old
5227014 Flower(s) Richard Old
5227015 Foliage Richard Old
1358116 Foliage Mary Ellen (Mel) Harte
1358117 Foliage Mary Ellen (Mel) Harte
2117070 Foliage Chris Evans
5366119 Foliage K. George Beck & James Sebastian
5366120 Foliage K. George Beck & James Sebastian
5227012 Foliage Richard Old
5366111 Foliage K. George Beck & James Sebastian
5366115 Foliage

Absinth wormwood leaf shape

 K. George Beck & James Sebastian
5306065 Fruit(s) Steve Hurst
5366121 Infestation K. George Beck & James Sebastian
5366109 Plant(s)

Absinth wormwood along railroad right of way near

 K. George Beck & James Sebastian
5366110 Plant(s)

Absinth wormwood along railroad right of way near Crested Butte, Colorado

 K. George Beck & James Sebastian
5366116 Plant(s)

Early summer regrowth

 K. George Beck & James Sebastian
2117071 Plant(s) Chris Evans
2117072 Plant(s) Chris Evans
5227016 Plant(s) Richard Old
1358120 Plant(s) Mary Ellen (Mel) Harte
1358121 Plant(s) Mary Ellen (Mel) Harte
2117065 Plant(s) Chris Evans
2117066 Plant(s) Chris Evans
2117067 Plant(s) Chris Evans
2117068 Plant(s) Chris Evans
2117069 Plant(s) Chris Evans
5366117 Seedling(s)

Fall seedlings

 K. George Beck & James Sebastian


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