Artemisia absinthium, L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1976, Flora Europaea. Volume 4. Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae), Cambridge University Press : 180

4. A. absinthium L. , Sp. Pl. 848 (1753).

Aromatic, more or less sericeous perennial 30-90 cm. Leaves 2- to 3-pinnatisect, petiolate; lobes 5-20x 1-6 mm, usually obtuse. Capitula c. 3 mm across, hemispherical, nodding, in a paniculate inflorescence. Involucre 2-3 mm; outer bracts oblong, herbaceous; inner ovate, herbaceous, with a wide scarious margin. Receptacle hairy. Corolla glabrous. 2« = 18. Most of Europe; widely cultivatedfor flavouring and perhaps not native in some districts. All except Az BI Cr Fa Is Sa Sb Si Tu; introduced in Hb.