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Photographer: Emmet J. Judziewicz
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Family Asteraceae
Artemisia absinthium L.
absinth sage-wort, absinth wormwood, absinthe, common wormwood, sage-wort
Artemisia: referring to the Greek goddess Artemis who so benefited from a plant of this family that she gave it her own name
absinthium: absinthe, old Greek generic name absinthion
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| Status: | Introduced - escaped |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 16"-40" tall forb almost shrub-like |
| Flower: | head yellowish, 1/8" wide on dangling stalks; inflorescence large, leafy clusters of drooping heads; blooms July-Sept. |
| Fruit: | nearly cylindrical, dry seed narrow at the base and rounded at the top |
| Leaf: | alternate; lower leaves on long stalks, 2-3 times pinnately-divided with rounded lobes, upper less divided and on shorter stalks; all segments |
| Habitat: | fields, disturbed sites |
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