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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[2] and Africa but naturalized in scattered locations in North America.[3][4] 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.

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Artemisia abrotanum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Artemisia
Species:	A. abrotanum
Binomial name
Artemisia abrotanum L. 1753 not Thunb. 1784
Synonyms[1]
Artemisia altissima Ehrh. ex DC. Artemisia anethifolia Fisch. ex DC. Artemisia elatior Klokov Artemisia elegans Fisch. ex Ledeb. Artemisia foeniculacea Steven ex DC. Artemisia herbacea Ehrh. ex Willd. Artemisia paniculata Lam. Artemisia procera Willd. Artemisia proceriformis Krasch. Artemisia tenuissima Spreng. ex Besser

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.[5]

Uses

A yellow dye can be extracted from the branches of the plant, for use with wool. Its dried leaves are used to keep moths away from wardrobes. The volatile oil in the leaves is responsible for the strong, sharp, scent which repels moths and other insects. It was customary to lay sprays of the herb amongst clothes, or hang them in closets, and this is the origin of one of the southernwood's French names, "garderobe" ("clothes-preserver"). Judges carried posies of southernwood and rue to protect themselves from prisoners' contagious diseases, and some church-goers relied on the herb's sharp scent to keep them awake during long sermons.[6]

The pungent, scented leaves and flowers are used in herbal teas. Young shoots were used to flavor pastries and puddings. In Italy, it is used as a culinary herb.

In the traditional medicine of East and North Bosnia and Herzegovina, aerial parts of Artemisia abrotanum are used in jaundice therapy.[7]

A poem by Edward Thomas (1878 – 1917) concerns the herb: "Old Man or Lad's Love".[8]

Toxicity

Currently, it has been documented that all the aerial parts of Artemisia brotanum contain substances that can be toxic to humans, due to the presence in the essential oil of bicyclic monoterpenes and phenylpropanoid s.[9]

References

External links

• Southernwood Spice Page by G. Katzer

На других языках

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- [en] Artemisia abrotanum

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[es] Artemisia abrotanum

Artemisia abrotanum es una especie botánica perteneciente a la familia de las asteráceas. Es originaria de la región meridional de Europa, en especial de Italia y España.

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[it] Artemisia abrotanum

L'Abrotano (nome scientifico Artemisia abrotanum L., 1753) è una piccola pianta arbustiva (più propriamente camefita fruticosa) appartenente alla famiglia delle Asteraceae.

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[ru] Полынь лечебная

Полы́нь лече́бная[2], или Полынь высокая (лат. Artemisia abrotanum) — многолетнее растение, полукустарник, вид рода Полынь (Artemisia) семейства Астровые (Asteraceae), происходящее из Малой Азии, Восточного Средиземноморья. В России встречается в европейской части (известно повсюду в средней полосе, но в северных районах редко), на Северном Кавказе, отмечена на юге Западной Сибири и на Алтае. Предпочитает расти у воды, на пойменных лугах, может образовывать заросли, встречается в лесах на опушках берёзовых перелесков, у жилья человека, вдоль дорог[2][3].

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