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Artemisia herba-alba
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Artemisia herba-alba

Artemisia herba-alba, the white wormwood, is a perennial shrub in the genus Artemisia that grows commonly on the dry steppes of the Mediterranean regions in Northern Africa (Saharan Maghreb), Western Asia (Arabian Peninsula) and Southwestern Europe. It is used as an antiseptic and antispasmodic in herbal medicine.

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7 branches of this group, most-observed first

Pyrenean Wormwood

speciesArtemisia herba-alba

Artemisia barrelieri

speciesArtemisia barrelieri

Artemisia huguetii

speciesArtemisia huguetii

Artemisia inculta

speciesArtemisia inculta

Artemisia saharae

speciesArtemisia saharae

Algerian Wormwood

speciesArtemisia algeriensis

Artemisia oranensis

speciesArtemisia oranensis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1123946.