Artemisia santonicumL.

Saline Wormwood

WFO wfo-0000017325 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Artemisia santonicum, photographed by Patrick Hacker
fig. a Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-09-18 / obs. 158411942
Artemisia santonicum, photographed by Aleksei Baushev
fig. b Aleksei Baushev, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 150740729
Artemisia santonicum, photographed by Aleksei Baushev
fig. c Aleksei Baushev, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 150732189
Artemisia santonicum, photographed by Aleksei Baushev
fig. d Aleksei Baushev, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 150747682
Artemisia santonicum, photographed by Aleksei Baushev
fig. e Aleksei Baushev, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 146199361
Artemisia santonicum, photographed by Aleksei Baushev
fig. f Aleksei Baushev, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 146209278
Artemisia santonicum, photographed by Aleksei Baushev
fig. g Aleksei Baushev, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 146203138
Artemisia santonicum, photographed by Aleksei Baushev
fig. h Aleksei Baushev, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 146199061

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Native range 17 botanical countries

Regions where Artemisia santonicum is native: East Aegean Is., Iran, Kazakhstan, Türkiye, Austria, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Czechia-Slovakia, East European Russia, Greece, Hungary, Krym, NW. Balkan Pen., Romania, South European Russia, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine East Aegean Is.IranKazakhstanTürkiyeAustriaBulgariaCentral European RussiaCzechia-SlovakiaEast European RussiaGreeceHungaryKrymNW. Balkan Pen.RomaniaSouth European RussiaTürkiye-in-EuropeUkraine
Native distribution of Artemisia santonicum, 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
Bulgaria BUL
Central European Russia RUC
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
East European Russia RUE
Greece GRC
Hungary HUN
Krym KRY
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Romania ROM
South European Russia RUS
Türkiye-in-Europe TUE
Ukraine UKR
East Aegean Is. EAI ASIA-TEMPERATE
Iran IRN
Kazakhstan KAZ
Türkiye TUR

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 10 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.

  • Artemisia maritima subsp. monogyna (Waldst. & Kit.) Hegi
  • Artemisia maritima subsp. monogyna (Waldst. & Kit.) Gams
  • Artemisia maritima var. boschniakiana Besser
  • Artemisia monogyna Waldst. & Kit.
  • Artemisia mutabilis Salisb.
  • Artemisia praticola Klokov
  • Artemisia santonicum subsp. monogyna (Waldst. & Kit.) Leonova
  • Artemisia santonicum subsp. monogyna (Waldst. & Kit.) Dostál
  • Artemisia stepposa B.Keller
  • Seriphidium monogynum (Waldst. & Kit.) Poljakov

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. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. 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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