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Southernwood
Artemisia abrotanum
Field notes
Artemisia abrotanum, the southernwood, lad's love, or southern wormwood, is a species of flowering plant in the sunflower family. It is native to Eurasia and Africa but naturalized in scattered locations in North America. Other common names include: old man, boy's love, oldman wormwood, lover's plant, appleringie, garderobe, Our Lord's wood, maid's ruin, garden sagebrush, European sage, sitherwood and lemon plant.
Southernwood has a strong camphor-like odour and was historically used as an air freshener or strewing herb. It forms a small bushy shrub, which is widely cultivated by gardeners. The grey-green leaves are small, narrow and feathery. The small flowers are yellow. It can easily be propagated by cuttings, or by division of the roots.
This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
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Key traits
- Layer
- Herbaceous plants
- Light
- Full sun
- Moisture
- Dry Well drained
- Drought tolerant
- Yes
- Deer resistant
- Yes
- Plant type
- Herbaceous perennial Poisonous
From NC State Extension.