SOUTHERNWOOD.
Artemesia abrotanum.
A hardy, shrubby plant, about three feet high. The leaves are pale-green, and cut, or divided, into narrow, thread-like segments; the flowers are numerous, small, yellow, drooping; the seeds resemble those of the Common Wormwood, and retain their germinative properties two years.
The plant is generally propagated by dividing the roots in the manner of other hardy shrubs.
Use.—The leaves have a strong, resinous, somewhat aromatic and rather pleasant odor, and are quite bitter to the taste. The root is seldom used; but the leaves and young branches are employed in the same manner and for the same purposes as those of the Common Wormwood.
WORMWOOD.
Artemesia.
The cultivated species are as follow:—