Artemisia absinthium
Family: Asteraceae
TOXIC
Woody perennial. Native to Europe, southern Siberia, Kashmir
and the Mediterranean. This is a strikingly large, soft and mellow
plant for the medicinal landscape. It is quite drought tolerant and
will discourage the growth of other plants very near it. The
leaf has a silky pubescence on both surfaces--friendly to hand-shaking
and caresses, but leaving a bitter after-taste on the skin and lips. When
used over a period of time, a tea of the leaves will rid the GI tract of
parasites. Consult your health-care practitioner
before using high dosages of this herb. Cultivation:
Easy. Sow on surface of flat and transplant out to garden after frost.
Space plants 4 feet apart. They really spread. Grows 5 feet
tall. Not for sale to WA state.
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