Artemisia arborescens

Artemisia arborescens L.

Order	Asterales
Family	Compositae
Genus	Artemisia

2n = 18

Origin : Mediterraenan area

wild and cultivated

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Description

Common in Maghreb, whereas Artemisia absinthium is rare or introduced.

Popular names

According to Bellakhdar (1997), its Arabic name is an abreviation of šībat al-‘aǧūz, meaning "white hair of the old woman", by reference to its white color.

English	tree wormwood
French	absinthe arborescente
Arab	šayba, šība

Classification

Artemisia arborescens L. (1753)

Cultivars

image from the Vienna Dioscorides

Uses

• food : commonly used (in small quantities) in infusions, particularly "thé à la menthe" from Morocco. Young shoots are sold for Maghrebi consumers in French markets.
• ornamental: one of the beautiful shrubs planted in South-European gardens.

Links

• Mansfeld
• IPNI
• Prota4U