Artemisia absinthium L.
Artemisia absinthium
Artemisia absinthium, commonly known as common wormwood, is a herbaceous perennial plant with fibrous roots. It grows to heights of 0.8–1.2 meters (and rarely over 1.5 meters) with straight, grooved, branched stems that are silvery-green in color. The leaves are spirally arranged, greenish-grey above and white below, covered with silky trichomes. Basal leaves can be up to 250 mm long and are bi- to tripinnate with long petioles, while cauline leaves are smaller and less divided. The flowers are pale yellow, tubular, and clustered in spherical bent-down heads (capitula), which are in turn clustered in leafy and branched panicles. The plant is known for its bitter taste and is used in various medicinal and culinary applications.
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Asterales
Asteraceae
Artemisia
The primary constituents of Artemisia absinthium include bitter substances from the group of sesquiterpene lactones, with absinthin being the main component. Essential oils make up 0.2 to 0.8% of the plant and contain (-)-thujone, (+)-isothujone, thujyl alcohol and its esters, chamazulene, and other mono- and sesquiterpenes. Some chemotypes do not produce β-thujone but contain unique terpenoids.
Artemisia absinthium is known for its antifungal, neuroprotective, insecticidal, antimicrobial, anthelmintic, acaricidal, antimalarial, antidepressant, and hepatoprotective properties. It is used as an ingredient in the spirit absinthe and for flavoring various spirits and wines, including bitters, bäsk, vermouth, and pelinkovac. Medicinally, it is used for dyspepsia, as a bitter to counteract poor appetite, and for various infectious diseases. Additionally, it is used in chicken nesting boxes to repel lice, mites, and fleas.
Early summer to early autumn
0.8–1.2 meters (up to 1.5 meters)
Pale yellow
Artemisia absinthium grows naturally on uncultivated arid ground, rocky slopes, and at the edge of footpaths and fields.
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