About
White wormwood is a perennial shrub of dry Mediterranean steppes, used in herbal medicine and valued as grazing fodder.
Field notes
Distribution & habitat
Dry steppes of North Africa (the Saharan Maghreb), western Asia including the Arabian Peninsula, and southwestern Europe.
Ecology
Good fodder for grazing animals, chiefly sheep, and cattle on the Algerian steppes.
History & etymology
Used as an antiseptic and antispasmodic in herbal medicine.
Habitat
- Altitude
- Not recorded
- Altitude class
- —
Cultivation
- Difficulty
- Not recorded
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