Artemisia abrotanum L.

• Authority

  Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

• Family

  Asteraceae

• Scientific Name

  Artemisia abrotanum L.

• Description

  Species Description - Perennial and ± shrubby, 0.5–2 m, much branched; lvs 3–6 cm, thinly tomentose beneath, green and glabrous or nearly so above, 2–3 times pinnatifid with elongate, linear or filiform, ascending segments 0.5–1.5 mm wide; infl ample; invol 2–3.5 mm; achenes 4–5-angled, broadest at the truncate summit; 2n=18. Roadsides and waste places; native of the Old World, cult. and sparingly established throughout much of the U.S., especially toward the ne. Aug., Sept.

• Common Names

  southernwood