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|accepted_name=Artemisia absinthium
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=2: 848. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Common wormwood;armoise absinthe
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Anthemideae;Artemisia;Artemisia subg. Absinthium;Artemisia absinthium
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Anthemideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Artemisia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subgenus</small>[[Artemisia subg. Absinthium]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Artemisia absinthium]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 19
|mention_page=page 503
|treatment_page=page 519
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Perennials,</b> 40–60(–100) cm (mat-forming), aromatic. <b>Stems</b> gray-green (sometimes woody proximally), densely canescent to glabrescent (hairs appressed). <b>Leaves</b> deciduous, gray-green; blades broadly ovate, 3–8 × 1–4 cm, mostly pinnately lobed (basal 2–3-pinnatifid, lobes obovate), faces densely canescent. <b>Heads</b> (nodding) in open (diffusely branched), paniculiform arrays 10–20(–35) × (2–)10–13(–15) cm. <b>Involucres</b> broadly ovoid, 2–3 × 3–5 mm. <b>Phyllaries</b> gray-green, densely sericeous. <b>Florets</b>: pistillate 9–20; bisexual 30–50; corollas 1–2 mm, glandular. <b>Cypselae</b> (± cylindric, slightly curved, obscurely nerved), ± 0.5 mm, glabrous (shiny). <b>2n</b> = 18.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering mid summer–fall.
|habitat=Widely cultivated, persisting from plantings, disturbed areas
|elevation=0–1000 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Sask.;Calif.;Colo.;Conn.;Idaho;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Mo.;Mont.;Nebr.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Oreg.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Utah;Vt.;Wash.;Wis.;Wyo.;Europe.
|discussion=<p><i>Artemisia absinthium</i> provides the flavoring as well as the psychoactive ingredient for absinthe liquor, a beverage that is illegal in some markets. Known as a powerful neurotoxin, absinthe in large quantities is addictive as well as deadly. The species is popular in the horticultural trade. Prized by gardeners for its gracefully scalloped leaves and gray-green foliage, it creates an attractive and winter-hardy flower border.</p>
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name=Artemisia absinthium
|author=
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=subgenus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Asteraceae
|phenology=Flowering mid summer–fall.
|habitat=Widely cultivated, persisting from plantings, disturbed areas
|elevation=0–1000 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Sask.;Calif.;Colo.;Conn.;Idaho;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Mo.;Mont.;Nebr.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Oreg.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Utah;Vt.;Wash.;Wis.;Wyo.;Europe.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=
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|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Anthemideae
|genus=Artemisia
|subgenus=Artemisia subg. Absinthium
|species=Artemisia absinthium
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