About
Saline wormwood is a strongly aromatic, whitish perennial of salty ground from central Europe to Kazakhstan and Iran.
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
- Saline soils in the wild.
- Mature size
- 20–60 cm tall.
Field notes
Morphology
Herbaceous perennial or subshrub 20–60 cm tall with grey-green to whitish foliage that can wear to green. Leaves are two or three times divided into linear segments under 1 mm wide, densely white-haired on both sides. Oblong yellowish or brownish heads 1–2 mm across appear in racemes in September–October.
Distribution & habitat
From Austria through the Balkans, Ukraine and southern Russia to Kazakhstan, and through Turkey to Iran, on saline soils of salt marshes, brackish ditches, salt pans, sea cliffs and shingle.
History & etymology
Often misreported as the closely related northern European A. maritima. Two subspecies are recognised.
Habitat
- Altitude
- Not recorded
- Altitude class
- —
- Native to
- Austria, Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkey, Iran
Cultivation
- Difficulty
- Not recorded
Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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