Artemisia absinthium, Wormwood - Seeds - plants - dried herbs

Common names: Wormwood, absinthium, absinthe wormwood, common wormwood, green ginger, grand wormwood

Botanical name & synonyms: Artemisia absinthium, Absinthium bipedale, Absinthium majus, Absinthium officinale, Absinthium vulgare, Artemisia absinthia, Artemisia absinthium var. insipida, Artemisia arborescens var. cupaniana, Artemisia baldaccii, Artemisia doonense, Artemisia inodora, Artemisia kulbadica, Artemisia pendula, Artemisia rehan, Artemisia rhaetica

Family: Aster, daisy, sunflower (Asteraceae, Compositae)

Artemisia absinthum is a perennial plant, it grows to a height of 1.5m. Wormwood is native to Europe, Asia, North Africa and America. This plant is adaptable to most soils and conditions and is not drought and frost tender.

Propagation is by seed. Sow at 20ºC (68ºF), germinates in less than two weeks. Wormwood likes a shady place, seeds sown in the autumn or spring.