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"The common wormwood; a European species, much cultivated for its bitter qualities; it contains a volatile oil which is the principle ingredient in the French liquor absinthe."-Whitney, 1902

Absinthium

"The common wormwood; a European species, much cultivated for its bitter qualities; it contains a volatile…

"Pasture Sage-brush (Artemisia frigida). a, leaf; b, flower-head; c, fertile flower; d, marginal flower." -Whitney, 1911

Sagebrush

"Pasture Sage-brush (Artemisia frigida). a, leaf; b, flower-head; c, fertile flower; d, marginal flower."…

The stem is one to three feet high, grooved and angled; the leaves silky on both sides.

Wormwood

The stem is one to three feet high, grooved and angled; the leaves silky on both sides.

"Wormwood is the genus Artemisia. The stem is one to three feet high, grooved, and angled; the leaves silky on both sides, twice or thrice pinnatified, dotted; the yellow flowers in racemes, the heads drooping, silky, the outer flowers fertile. It is wild in North America in various waste places, also in Continental Europe, the North of Africa and Great Britain."—(Charles Leonard-Stuart, 1911)

Wormwood

"Wormwood is the genus Artemisia. The stem is one to three feet high, grooved, and angled; the leaves…

A low composite herb.

Wormwood Plant

A low composite herb.