Artemisia campestris
field wormwood
Family AsteraceaeAlso called field sagewort, beach wormwood, northern wormwood
About
Field wormwood is a common, branching, aromatic plant found across Eurasia and North America on dry, sandy ground.
Care at a glance
- Pet safety
- Not recorded. We have no source on whether this plant is safe for cats, dogs or other pets — that is not the same as safe. Keep it out of reach until you have checked.
- People
- Not recorded.
- Soil
- Dry, sandy soils in open sites.
- Mature size
- Up to 150 cm tall.
Field notes
Morphology
Branching aromatic plant up to 150 cm tall.
Distribution & habitat
Widespread across Eurasia and North America in open sites on dry sandy soils, steppes, rocky slopes and waste ground.
Habitat
- Altitude
- Not recorded
- Altitude class
- —
Cultivation
- Difficulty
- Not recorded
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