Artemisia arborescensL.

WFO wfo-0000046201 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Artemisia arborescens, photographed by Emanuele Santarelli
fig. a Emanuele Santarelli, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2022-06-06 / obs. 205733062
Artemisia arborescens, photographed by Mourad Harzallah
fig. b Mourad Harzallah, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 200533221
Artemisia arborescens, photographed by Alessia Guggisberg
fig. c Alessia Guggisberg, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 189093325
Artemisia arborescens, photographed by Andre Hosper
fig. d Andre Hosper, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 188705385
Artemisia arborescens, photographed by Andy McKay
fig. e Andy McKay, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 185934534
Artemisia arborescens, photographed by Davide Puddu
fig. f Davide Puddu, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 128690039
Artemisia arborescens, photographed by Peter de Lange
fig. g Peter de Lange, CC0 1.0 / obs. 51930600
Artemisia arborescens, photographed by Daniel Cahen
fig. h Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 35575214

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Native range 18 botanical countries

Regions where Artemisia arborescens is native: Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Türkiye, Yemen, Corse, France, Greece, Italy, Kriti, NW. Balkan Pen., Sardegna, Sicilia AlgeriaLibyaMoroccoTunisiaCyprusEast Aegean Is.Lebanon-SyriaPalestineTürkiyeYemenCorseFranceGreeceItalyKritiNW. Balkan Pen.Sicilia Sardegna
Native distribution of Artemisia arborescens, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Corse COR EUROPE
France FRA
Greece GRC
Italy ITA
Kriti KRI
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Sardegna SAR
Sicilia SIC
Cyprus CYP ASIA-TEMPERATE
East Aegean Is. EAI
Lebanon-Syria LBS
Palestine PAL
Türkiye TUR
Yemen YEM
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Libya LBY
Morocco MOR
Tunisia TUN

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 6 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Absinthium arborescens Vaill.
  • Absinthium arborescens (L.) Moench
  • Artemisia arborescens f. arborescens
  • Artemisia arborescens var. arborescens
  • Artemisia argentea Seb. & Maur. ex Willk. & Lange
  • Artemisia elegans Salisb.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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