Artemisia austriacaJacq.

WFO wfo-0000038676 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Artemisia austriaca, photographed by Татьяна Горбушина
fig. a Татьяна Горбушина, CC0 1.0 / 2022-04-30 / obs. 194328705
Artemisia austriaca, photographed by Марина Садыкова
fig. b Марина Садыкова, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 194367553
Artemisia austriaca, photographed by Марина Садыкова
fig. c Марина Садыкова, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 194363634
Artemisia austriaca, photographed by Anna Petrosyan
fig. d Anna Petrosyan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 168977588
Artemisia austriaca, photographed by Anna Petrosyan
fig. e Anna Petrosyan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 166281556
Artemisia austriaca, photographed by Liubov Ilminska
fig. f Liubov Ilminska, CC0 1.0 / obs. 196706592
Artemisia austriaca, photographed by Anna Petrosyan
fig. g Anna Petrosyan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 164073182
Artemisia austriaca, photographed by Galyna Mykytynets
fig. h Galyna Mykytynets, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 172678037

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Native range 27 botanical countries

Regions where Artemisia austriaca is native: Altay, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, North Caucasus, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Uzbekistan, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Czechia-Slovakia, East European Russia, Hungary, Krym, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, NW. Balkan Pen., Romania, South European Russia, Ukraine AltayInner MongoliaIranKazakhstanKirgizstanNorth CaucasusTadzhikistanTranscaucasusTürkiyeUzbekistanWest SiberiaXinjiangAustriaBaltic StatesBelarusBulgariaCentral European RussiaCzechia-SlovakiaEast European RussiaHungaryKrymNorth European RussiaNorthwest European RussiaNW. Balkan Pen.RomaniaSouth European RussiaUkraine
Native distribution of Artemisia austriaca, 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.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Austria AUT EUROPE
Baltic States BLT
Belarus BLR
Bulgaria BUL
Central European Russia RUC
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
East European Russia RUE
Hungary HUN
Krym KRY
North European Russia RUN
Northwest European Russia RUW
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Romania ROM
South European Russia RUS
Ukraine UKR
Altay ALT ASIA-TEMPERATE
Inner Mongolia CHI
Iran IRN
Kazakhstan KAZ
Kirgizstan KGZ
North Caucasus NCS
Tadzhikistan TZK
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR
Uzbekistan UZB
West Siberia WSB
Xinjiang CHX

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 23 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 candidum M.Bieb. ex DC.
  • Absinthium frigidum (Willd.) Besser
  • Absinthium frigidum var. biebersteinianum Besser
  • Absinthium frigidum var. fischerianum Besser
  • Absinthium frigidum var. frigidum
  • Absinthium frigidum var. geblerianum Besser
  • Absinthium frigidum var. gmelinianum Besser
  • Absinthium frigidum var. stevenianum Besser
  • Absinthium frigidum var. willdenowianum Besser
  • Absinthium trifidum Schrank
  • Artemisia aprica Gebl. ex DC.
  • Artemisia austriaca var. austriaca
  • Artemisia biebersteinii Voss
  • Artemisia chrysantha Fisch. ex DC.
  • Artemisia frigida Eichw.
  • Artemisia involucrata Turcz. ex Ledeb.
  • Artemisia jeniscensis Willd. ex Spreng.
  • Artemisia jenisea Willd. ex Ledeb.
  • Artemisia nivea Redowsk. ex Willd.
  • Artemisia petraea Turcz. ex Ledeb.
  • Artemisia procumbens Schrad. ex DC.
  • Artemisia repens Pall. ex Willd.
  • Artemisia virgata Richardson

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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