Artemisia abrotanum
Artemisia abrotanum
Safety & Hazards
Although we have seen no specific reports for this species, many members of this genus contain potentially allergenic sesquiterpene lactones that can cause skin reactions[ 407 Title BoDD (Botanical Dermatology Database) Publication Author Website http://bodd.cf.ac.uk/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Brief notes on a very wide range of plants that have reports of causing harm to the skin. ].
Botanical Description
Artemisia abrotanum is a perennial plant with stems that become more or less woody and can persist. It usually grows 50 - 130cm tall, exceptionally to 170cm[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild, mainly for local use, as a medicine, sourve of materials and a condiment. It is often cultivated in gardens for its various virtues such as a fly and parasite repellent. It has had a renewed popularity in xeriscape gardening where it is it is drought tolerant and can fill difficult garden spaces such as dry rocky slopes[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ]. Reports of naturalization of this plant in America may be exaggerated; it is not known to become weedy in any of its known locations in North America[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ].