Scientific name:
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Artemisia absinthium L. |
Family name latin:
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Asteraceae |
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| Description: |
Up to 1 m high, aromatic, silky hirsuite, shrubby plant; basal leaves two to three times pinnatipartite with lanceolar cusps; yellow capitulae, 2-4 mm wide and arranged like panicles; perennial; anemogamous; flowering season VII - IX; old medicinal plant employed in a variety of ways with a strongly bitter taste; contains ethereal oils, including the poisonous Thujon; once used to make absinth liquor; this however has not been allowed since 1923 because of the systematic side effects.
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| Occurence: |
Originating from Asia, widely naturalized today, however only occuring in a low stand-density; in rubble weed communities, along paths, dams or walls;
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| Related species: |
Artemisia dracunculus L., tarragon; spice plant originating from Siberia; cultivated and gone wild in some places (VIII - X); Artemisia maritima L., sea wormwood; widespread along the North Sea and scattered along the Baltic coast (VII - IX); Artemisia vulgaris L., mugwort; very frequent along river banks and paths as well as on wasteland and dumps (VII - X);
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| Allergy trigger: |
Pollen, approx. 15 x 25 µm;
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| Invasions path: |
Inhalative (July - September);
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| Synonyms: |
common wormwood;
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| Allergology: |
Only of small direct allergological importance because of the low stand-density; strong cross-allergenicity to Artemisia vulgaris L. (w 6); cf. the extensive information there; cross-reactions are known for the entire family of the asteraceae ;
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| Clinical relevance: |
light
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| Cross reactivities: |
Occurrence possible- Mugwort
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