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wormwood Wormwood

Artemisia absinthium
Also known as absinthium (en) absinthe wormwood (en) common wormwood (en) green ginger (en) grand wormwood (en) wormwood herb (EN) mugwort (EN) absinthe (EN) Wermutkraut (EN) absintio (EN) sintro (EN) losna maior (EN) Herba Absinthii cum floribus (EN) Absinthii folium (EN) Absinthii herba (EN) Aetheroleum absinthii (EN) yerba maestra (EN) Ajenjo (EN) Altamisa (EN) estafiate (EN)

How to sow wormwood: Direct seed outdoors two weeks after last spring frost

Sun requirement for wormwood: Plant in Full Sun

Wormwood is a species of Artemisia and a member of the Daisy (Asteraceae) family. Other Artemesia species include Tarragon and Mugwort. All parts of the plant are extremely bitter. Wormwood is drought, heat, and deer resistant. It is grown as an ornamental plant and is used to make traditional bitters and absinthe. Herbal medicine has historically used wormwood to treat liver, gallbladder and digestive system disorders.

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Lifespan

Annual living and reproducing in a single year or less

Height

150cm

Row Spacing

90cm

Crop cycle

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Ecological requirements

Data from the FAO EcoCrop database for Artemisia absinthium L.

Family / Taxonomy Magnoliopsida
Asteridae
Asterales
Compositae
Life form herb
Life span perennial
Habit erect
Optimal soil texture medium, light
Optimal soil drainage well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry)

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) ECOCROP, the crop ecological requirements database. Version 1. https://data.apps.fao.org/catalog/dataset/ecocrop. Accessed through the CGIAR Climate Action Data Hub, https://cgiar-climate-data-hub.github.io/catalog/ecocrop_1/.

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