Here is a partial list of the many species, subspecies and varieties in the genus Artemisia, which will illustrate just how large the genus is, and how many of the plants are known as "wormwoods". Only one however, Artemisia absinthium, is the plant which qualifies a spirit to be the drink we know as absinthe. Several other species are traditionally used in absinthe in addition to A. absinthium, most notably A. pontica. Species historically known to be used in absinthe in the pre-ban era (i.e. before 1915) are highlighted.
Here is a partial list of the many species, subspecies and varieties in the genus Artemisia, which will illustrate just how large the genus is, and how many of the plants are known as "wormwoods". Only one however, Artemisia absinthium, is the plant which qualifies a spirit to be the drink we know as absinthe.
Several other species are traditionally used in absinthe in addition to A. absinthium, most notably A. pontica. Species historically known to be used in absinthe in the pre-ban era (i.e. before 1915) are highlighted.
Kingdom Plantae -- Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta -- Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta -- Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta -- Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida -- Dicotyledons
Subclass -- Asteridae
Order -- Asterales
Family Asteraceae -- Aster family
Genus Artemisia L. -- sagebrush/wormwood
Artemisia abrotanum L.–Southernwood, Southern Wormwood, Abrotanum, Lemon Plant
Artemisia absinthium L.–Grand Wormwood
Artemisia adamsii Besser
Artemisia afra Jacq. ex Willd.–African Wormwood, African Sagebrush
Artemisia alaskana Rydb.–Alaska Wormwood
Artemisia alcockii Pamp.
Artemisia aleutica Hultén–Aleutian Wormwood
Artemisia amoena Poljakov
Artemisia annua L.–Annual Wormwood, Sweet Sagewort, Sweet Annie
Artemisia araxina Takht.
Artemisia arborescens–Tree Wormwood
Artemisia arbuscula Nutt.–Little Sagebrush, Low Sagebrush, Black Sage
Artemisia arbuscula Nutt. ssp. arbuscula -- little sagebrush
Artemisia arbuscula Nutt. ssp. longicaulis Winward & McArthur -- little sagebrush
Artemisia arbuscula Nutt. ssp. longiloba (Osterhout) L. Shultz -- little sagebrush
Artemisia arbuscula Nutt. ssp. thermopola Beetle -- little sagebrush
Artemisia arctica Less.–Boreal Sagebrush
Artemisia arctica Less. ssp. arctica -- boreal sagebrush
Artemisia arctica Less. ssp. beringensis (Hultén) Hultén -- boreal sagebrush
Artemisia arctica Less. ssp. comata (Rydb.) Hultén -- boreal sagebrush
Artemisia arctisibirica Korobkov
Artemisia arenaria DC.
Artemisia arenicola Krasch. ex Poljakov
Artemisia argentata Klokov
Artemisia argentea L'Hér.–Madeira wormwood
Artemisia argyi H.Lév. & Vaniot
Artemisia argyrophylla Ledeb.
Artemisia armeniaca Lam.
Artemisia aschurbajewii C.G.Aro
Artemisia australis Less.–ʻĀhinahina, Oʻahu Wormwood
Artemisia austriaca Jacq.
Artemisia avarica Minat.
Artemisia badhysi Krasch. & Lincz. ex Poljakov
Artemisia balchanorum Krasch.
Artemisia baldshuanica Krasch. & Zaprjag.
Artemisia bargusinensis Spreng.
Artemisia bejdemaniae Leonova
Artemisia biennis Willd.–Biennial Sagewort, Biennial Wormwood
Artemisia biennis Willd. var. biennis -- biennial wormwood
Artemisia biennis Willd. var. diffusa Dorn -- biennial wormwood
Artemisia bigelovii A.Gray–Bigelow Sage, Bigelow Sagebrush
Artemisia borealis Pall.
Artemisia borotalensis Poljakov
Artemisia bottnica Lundstr. ex Kindb.
Artemisia caespitosa Ledeb.
Artemisia californica Less.–Coastal Sagebrush, California Sagebrush
Artemisia camelorum Krasch.
Artemisia campestris L.–Field Wormwood
Artemisia campestris L. ssp. borealis (Pallas) Hall & Clements -- field sagewort
Artemisia campestris L. ssp. borealis (Pallas) Hall & Clements var. borealis (Pallas) M.E. Peck -- field sagewort
Artemisia campestris L. ssp. borealis (Pallas) Hall & Clements var. petiolata Welsh -- field sagewort
Artemisia campestris L. ssp. borealis (Pallas) Hall & Clements var. scouleriana (Hook.) Cronq. -- field sagewort
Artemisia campestris L. ssp. borealis (Pallas) Hall & Clements var. wormskioldii (Bess. ex Hook.) Cronq. -- field sagewort
Artemisia campestris L. ssp. campestris L. -- field sagewort
Artemisia campestris L. ssp. caudata (Michx.) Hall & Clements -- field sagewort
Artemisia campestris L. ssp. glutinosa (J. Gay ex Besser) Batt.
Artemisia camphorata Vill.
Artemisia cana Pursh–Silver Sagebrush
Artemisia cana Pursh ssp. bolanderi (Gray) G.H. Ward -- silver sagebrush
Artemisia cana Pursh ssp. cana -- silver sagebrush
Artemisia cana Pursh ssp. viscidula (Osterhout) Beetle -- silver sagebrush
Artemisia canadensis Michx.–Canada Wormwood
Artemisia capillaris Thunb.–Capillary Wormwood
Artemisia carruthii Wood ex Carruth.–Carruth Sagewort, Carruth's Sagebrush
Artemisia caucasica Willd.
Artemisia chamaemelifolia Vill.
Artemisia cina O.Berg & C.F.Schmidt–Santonica, Levant Wormseed
Artemisia ciniformis Krasch. & Popov ex Poljakov
Artemisia commutata Besser
Artemisia compacta Fisch. ex DC.
Artemisia cuspidata Krasch.
Artemisia czukavinae Filatova
Artemisia daghestanica Krasch. & Poretzky
Artemisia demissa Krasch.
Artemisia depauperata Krasch.
Artemisia deserti Krasch.
Artemisia desertorum Spreng.
Artemisia diffusa Krasch. ex Poljakov
Artemisia dimoana Popov
Artemisia dolosa Krasch.
Artemisia douglasiana Bess.–Douglas' Mugwort, Douglas' Sagewort
Artemisia dracunculus L.–Tarragon
Artemisia dubia Wall.
Artemisia dubjanskyana Krasch. ex Poljakov
Artemisia dumosa Poljakov
Artemisia elongata Filatova & Ladygina
Artemisia eremophila Krasch. & Butkov ex Poljakov
Artemisia eriantha Ten.
Artemisia feddei H.Lév. & Vaniot
Artemisia fedtschenkoana Krasch.
Artemisia ferganensis Krasch. ex Poljakov
Artemisia filifolia Torr.–Sand Sagebrush, Sand Sagebush, Silvery Wormwood
Artemisia flava Jurtzev
Artemisia franserioides Greene–Ragweed Sagebrush
Artemisia freyniana (Pamp.) Krasch.
Artemisia frigida Willd.–Fringed Sagebrush, Fringed Sagewort, Prairie Sagewort
Artemisia fulvella Filatova & Ladygina
Artemisia furcata Bieb. -- forked wormwood
Artemisia furcata Bieb. var. furcata -- forked wormwood
Artemisia furcata Bieb. var. heterophylla (Bess.) Hultén -- forked wormwoodArtemisia galinae Ikonn.
Artemisia genipi Weber ex Stechm.
Artemisia glabella Kar. & Kir.
Artemisia glacialis L.– Glacier Wormwood, Alpine Mugwort
Artemisia glanduligera Krasch. ex Poljakov
Artemisia glauca Pall. ex Willd.
Artemisia glaucina Krasch. ex Poljakov
Artemisia globosa Krasch.
Artemisia globularia Cham. ex Bess.–Purple Wormwood
Artemisia glomerata Ledeb. – cudweed sagewort, Pacific alpine wormwood
Artemisia glomerata Ledeb. var. glomerata -- Pacific alpine wormwood
Artemisia glomerata Ledeb. var. subglabrata Hultén -- Pacific alpine wormwood
Artemisia gmelinii Webb ex Stechmann–Gmelin's Wormwood
Artemisia gnaphalodes Nutt.
Artemisia gorjaevii Poljakov
Artemisia gracilescens Krasch. & Iljin
Artemisia granatensis Boiss. ex DC.
Artemisia gurganica (Krasch.) Filatova
Artemisia gypsacea Krasch., Popov & Lincz. ex Poljakov
Artemisia halodendron Turcz. ex Besser
Artemisia halophila Krasch.
Artemisia heptapotamica Poljakov
Artemisia herba-alba Asso–White Wormwood
Artemisia hippolyti Butkov
Artemisia hololeuca M.Bieb. ex Besser
Artemisia hulteniana Vorosch.
Artemisia incana (L.) Druce
Artemisia indica Willd.–Yomogi
Artemisia insulana Krasch.
Artemisia insularis Kitam.
Artemisia integrifolia L.
Artemisia issykkulensis Poljakov
Artemisia jacutica Drobow
Artemisia japonica Thunb.–Otoko Yomogi
Artemisia juncea Kar. & Kir.
Artemisia karatavica Krasch. & Abolin ex Poljakov
Artemisia karavajevii Leonova
Artemisia kaschgarica Krasch.
Artemisia kauaiensis (Skottsberg) Skottsberg–ʻĀhinahina, Kauaʻi Wormwood
Artemisia keiskeana Miq.
Artemisia kelleri Krasch.
Artemisia kemrudica Krasch.
Artemisia knorringiana Krasch.
Artemisia kochiiformis Krasch. & Lincz. ex Poljakov
Artemisia koidzumii Nakai
Artemisia kopetdaghensis Krasch. ex Poljakov
Artemisia korovinii Poljakov
Artemisia korshinskyi Krasch. ex Poljakov
Artemisia krushiana Bess.–Krush's Wormwood
Artemisia kulbadica Boiss. & Buhse
Artemisia kuschakewiczii C.G.A.Winkl.
Artemisia laciniata Willd.–Siberian Wormwood
Artemisia laciniatiformis Kom.
Artemisia lagocephala (Besser) DC.
Artemisia lagopus Fisch. ex Besser
Artemisia lanata Willd.
Artemisia latifolia Ledeb.
Artemisia ledebouriana Besser
Artemisia lehmanniana Bunge
Artemisia leontopodioides Fisch. ex Besser
Artemisia lessingiana Besser
Artemisia leucodes Schrenk
Artemisia leucophylla (Turcz. ex Besser) Pamp.
Artemisia leucotricha Krasch. ex Ladygina
Artemisia lindleyana Bess.–Columbia River Wormwood
Artemisia lipskyi Poljakov
Artemisia littoricola Kitam.
Artemisia longifolia Nutt.–Longleaf Sagebrush, Longleaf Wormwood
Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. – gray sagewort, prairie sage, white sagebrush
Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. ssp. albula (Woot.) Keck -- white sagebrush
Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. ssp. candicans (Rydb.) Keck -- white sagebrush
Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. ssp. estesii Chambers -- white sagebrush
Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. ssp. incompta (Nutt.) Keck -- white sagebrush
Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. ssp. ludoviciana -- white sagebrush
Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. ssp. mexicana (Willd. ex Spreng.) Keck -- white sagebrush
Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. ssp. redolens (Gray) Keck -- white sagebrush
Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. ssp. sulcata (Rydb.) Keck -- white sagebrush
Artemisia macilenta (Maxim.) Krasch.
Artemisia macrantha Ledeb.
Artemisia macrobotrys Ledeb.–Yukon Wormwood
Artemisia macrocephala Jacq. ex Besser
Artemisia macrorhiza Turcz.
Artemisia maracandica Bunge
Artemisia maritima L.–Sea Wormwood
Artemisia marschalliana Spreng.
Artemisia martjanovii Krasch. ex Poljakov
Artemisia mauiensis (A.Gray) Skottsberg–ʻĀhinahina, Maui Wormwood
Artemisia maximovicziana Krasch. ex Poljakov
Artemisia medioxima Krasch. ex Poljakov
Artemisia messerschmidtiana Besser
Artemisia michauxiana Bess.–Michaux Sagebrush, Michaux's Wormwood
Artemisia minor Jacq. ex Besser
Artemisia mogoltavica Poljakov
Artemisia mongolica (Besser) Fisch. ex Nakai
Artemisia mongolorum Krasch.
Artemisia montana (Nakai) Pamp.
Artemisia mucronulata Poljakov
Artemisia multisecta Leonova
Artemisia mutellina Vill.
Artemisia nachitschevanica Rzazade
Artemisia nakaii Pamp.
Artemisia namanganica Poljakov
Artemisia nana Gaudin
Artemisia negrei Ouyahya
Artemisia nesiotica Raven–Island Sagebrush
Artemisia nigricans Filatova & Ladygina
Artemisia niitakayamensis Hayata
Artemisia nilagirica (C.B.Clarke) Pamp.
Artemisia nitida Bertol.
Artemisia nortonii Pamp.
Artemisia norvegica Fr.–Norwegian Mugwort
Artemisia nova A.Nels.–Black Sagebrush
Artemisia nuristanica Kitam.
Artemisia obscura Pamp.
Artemisia obtusa Rydb.
Artemisia obtusiloba Ledeb.
Artemisia occidentalisichuanensis Y.R.Ling & S.Y.Zhao
Artemisia occidentalisinensis Y.R.Ling
Artemisia oelandica (Besser) Krasch.
Artemisia olchonensis Leonova
Artemisia oliveriana J.Gay ex Besser
Artemisia ordosica Krasch.
Artemisia orientalixizangensis Y.R.Ling & Humphries
Artemisia orientaliyunnanensis Y.R.Ling
Artemisia orthobotrys Kitag.
Artemisia packardiae J.Grimes & Ertter–Packard's Wormwood, Succor Creek Sagebrush
Artemisia pallasiana Fisch. ex Besser
Artemisia palmeri A.Gray–San Diego Sagewort
Artemisia palustris L.
Artemisia pannosa Krasch.
Artemisia papposa S.F.Blake & Cronq.–Owyhee Sage, Owyhee Sagebrush
Artemisia parryi A.Gray–Parry's Wormwood
Artemisia pattersonii A.Gray–Patterson's Wormwood
Artemisia pectinata Pall.
Artemisia pedatifida Nutt.–Birdfoot Sagebrush
Artemisia pedemontana Balb.
Artemisia persica Boiss.
Artemisia pewzowii C.G.A.Winkl.
Artemisia phaeolepis Krasch.
Artemisia polysticha Poljakov
Artemisia pontica L. -- Roman wormwood
Artemisia porrecta Krasch. ex Poljakov
Artemisia porteri Cronq.–Porter's Wormwood
Artemisia prasina Krasch. ex Poljak.
Artemisia princeps Pamp.–Japanese Mugwort, Yomogi
Artemisia proceriformis Krasch.
Artemisia prolixa Krasch. ex Poljak.
Artemisia punctigera Krasch. ex Poljakov
Artemisia purshiana Besser
Artemisia pycnocephala (Less.) DC.–Beach Wormwood
Artemisia pycnorhiza Ledeb.
Artemisia pygmaea A.Gray–Pygmy Sagebrush
Artemisia quinqueloba Trautv.
Artemisia remotiloba Krasch. ex Poljakov
Artemisia rhodantha Rupr.
Artemisia rigida (Nutt.) A.Gray–Scabland Sagebrush
Artemisia rothrockii A.Gray–Timberline Sagebrush
Artemisia roxburghiana Wall. ex Besser
Artemisia rubripes Nakai
Artemisia rupestris L. – rock wormwood, alpine yarrow
Artemisia rupestris L. ssp. rupestris L.
Artemisia rutifolia Stephan ex Spreng.
Artemisia sacrorum Ledeb. ex Hook.f.
Artemisia saissanica (Krasch.) Filatova
Artemisia saitoana Kitam.
Artemisia salsoloides Willd.
Artemisia samoiedorum Pamp.
Artemisia santolina Schrenk
Artemisia santolinifolia Turcz. ex Besser
Artemisia santonica L.
Artemisia saposhnikovii Krasch. ex Poljak.
Artemisia schischkinii Krasch.
Artemisia schmidtiana – 'Nana' - silver mound Artemisia - satiny wormwood
Artemisia schrenkiana Ledeb.
Artemisia scoparia Waldst. & Kit.–Redstem Wormwood
Artemisia scopiformis Ledeb.
Artemisia scopulorum A.Gray–Alpine Sagebrush, Dwarf Sagebrush
Artemisia scotina Nevski
Artemisia senjavinensis Bess.–Arctic Wormwood
Artemisia semiarida (Krasch. & Lavrenko) Filatova
Artemisia senjavinensis Besser
Artemisia sericea Weber ex Stechm.
Artemisia serotina Bunge
Artemisia serrata Nutt.–Sawtooth Wormwood
Artemisia sieversiana Willd.
Artemisia skorniakowii C.G.A.Winkl.
Artemisia sogdiana Bunge
Artemisia songarica Schrenk
Artemisia spicigera K.Koch
Artemisia spinescens D.C.Eaton–Budsage
[ = Picrothamnus desertorum ]
Artemisia splendens Willd.
Artemisia stelleriana Bess.–Hoary Mugwort or Dusty Miller (one of several plants with this name)
Artemisia stenocephala Krasch. ex Poljak.
Artemisia stenophylla Kitam.
Artemisia stolonifera (Maxim.) Kom.
Artemisia subarctica Krasch.
Artemisia subchrysolepis Filatova
Artemisia sublessingiana Krasch. ex Poljakov
Artemisia subsalsa Filatova
Artemisia subviscosa Turcz. ex Besser
Artemisia succulenta Ledeb.
Artemisia suksdorfii Piper–Coastal Wormwood
Artemisia sylvatica Maxim.
Artemisia szowitziana (Besser) Grossh.
Artemisia tanacetifolia L.
Artemisia taurica Willd.
Artemisia tenuisecta Nevski
Artemisia terrae-albae Krasch.
Artemisia tianschanica Krasch. ex Poljak.
Artemisia tilesii Ledeb. -- Tilesius' wormwood
Artemisia tilesii Ledeb. ssp. elatior (Torr. & Gray) Hultén -- Tilesius' wormwood
Artemisia tilesii Ledeb. ssp. gormanii (Rydb.) Hultén -- Tilesius' wormwood
Artemisia tilesii Ledeb. ssp. tilesii -- Tilesius' wormwood
Artemisia tilesii Ledeb. ssp. unalaschcensis (Bess.) Hultén -- Tilesius' wormwood
Artemisia tomentella Trautv.
Artemisia tournefortiana Rchb.
Artemisia transbaicalensis Leonova
Artemisia transiliensis Poljakov
Artemisia trautvetteriana Besser
Artemisia tridentata Nutt. – big sagebrush, blue sage, black sage, basin sagebrush
Artemisia tridentata Nutt. ssp. parishii (Gray) Hall & Clements -- big sagebrush
Artemisia tridentata Nutt. ssp. spiciformis (Osterhout) Kartesz & Gandhi -- big sagebrush
Artemisia tridentata Nutt. ssp. tridentata -- basin big sagebrush
Artemisia tridentata Nutt. ssp. vaseyana (Rydb.) Beetle -- mountain big sagebrush
Artemisia tridentata Nutt. ssp. wyomingensis Beetle & Young -- Wyoming big sagebrush
Artemisia tridentata Nutt. ssp. xericensis Winward ex R. Rosentreter & R. Kelsey -- big sagebrush
Artemisia triniana Besser
Artemisia tripartita Rydb. -- Wyoming three-tip sagebrush
Artemisia tripartita ssp. rupicola -- threetip sagebrush
Artemisia turanica Krasch.
Artemisia turcomanica Gand.
Artemisia umbelliformis Lam.–Alps Wormwood
Artemisia unalaskensis Rydb.
Artemisia underwoodii Rydb.
Artemisia uralensis Spreng. ex Besser
Artemisia uraorum Hultén
Artemisia uzbekistanica Poljakov
Artemisia vachanica Krasch. ex Poljak.
Artemisia valida Krasch. ex Poljak.
Artemisia verlotiorum Lamotte–Chinese Wormwood
Artemisia viridis Willd.
Artemisia vulgaris L. -- common wormwood
Artemisia vulgaris L. var. kamtschatica Bess. -- common wormwood
Artemisia vulgaris L. var. vulgaris -- common wormwood
Artemisia wallichiana Besser
Artemisia waltonii J.R.Drumm. ex Pamp.
Artemisia wudanica Liou & W.Wang
Artemisia wulingshanensis Bar. & Skv. ex Liou
Artemisia wurzellii C.M.James & Stace
Artemisia xerophila Magnier
Artemisia xerophytica Krasch.
Artemisia xylorhiza Krasch. ex Filatova
Artemisia yadongensis Ling & Y.R.Ling
Artemisia yongii Y.R.Ling
Artemisia younghusbandii J.R.Drumm. ex Pamp.
Artemisia zayuensis Y.R.Ling
Artemisia zhaodongensis G.Y.Chang & M.Y.Liou
Artemisia zhongdianensis Y.R.Ling
Artemisia zollingeriana Sch.Bip.
Below is an excerpted list of 56 of the above species, subspecies and varieties which are commonly known as "wormwood."
Artemisia abrotanum L. Southernwood, Abrotanum, Lemon Plant
Artemisia absinthium L. wormwood, Grand wormwood, Absinthe wormwood, Absinthium
Artemisia afra African wormwood, African Sagebrush
Artemisia alaskana Alaska wormwood
Artemisia aleutica Aleutian wormwood
Artemisia annua L. Annual wormwood, Sweet Sagewort, Sweet Annie
Artemisia arborescens tree wormwood
Artemisia australis Oahu wormwood
Artemisia biennis biennial wormwood
Artemisia biennis var. biennis biennial wormwood
Artemisia biennis var. diffusa biennial wormwood
Artemisia biennis Willd. Biennial Sagewort, Biennial wormwood
Artemisia campestris L. Field wormwood, field sagewort
Artemisia canadensis Canada wormwood
Artemisia dracunculus L. -- tarragon, silky wormwood
Artemisia filifolia Torr. Sand Sagebrush, Sand Sagebush, Silvery wormwood
Artemisia furcata Bieb. -- forked wormwood
Artemisia furcata var. furcata forked wormwood
Artemisia furcata var. heterophylla forked wormwood
Artemisia glacialis Glacier wormwood, Alpine Mugwort
Artemisia globularia Cham. ex Bess. -- purple wormwood
Artemisia glomerata Pacific alpine wormwood
Artemisia glomerata var. glomerata Pacific alpine wormwood
Artemisia glomerata var. subglabrata Pacific alpine wormwood
Artemisia gmelinii Gmelin's wormwood
Artemisia herba-alba white wormwood
Artemisia kauaiensis Kauai wormwood
Artemisia krushiana Bess. Krush's wormwood
Artemisia laciniata Siberian wormwood
Artemisia lindleyana Bess. Columbia River wormwood
Artemisia longifolia Nutt. Longleaf Sagebrush, Longleaf wormwood
Artemisia macrobotrys Yukon wormwood
Artemisia maritima L. Sea wormwood
Artemisia mauiensis Maui wormwood
Artemisia michauxiana Michaux's wormwood
Artemisia packardiae Packard's wormwood
Artemisia parryi Parry's wormwood
Artemisia pattersonii Patterson's wormwood
Artemisia pontica Roman wormwood
Artemisia porteri Porter's wormwood
Artemisia pycnocephala beach wormwood
Artemisia schmidtiana 'Nana' - Silver Mound Artemisia - Satiny wormwood
Artemisia scoparia redstem wormwood
Artemisia senjavinensis arctic wormwood
Artemisia serrata sawtooth wormwood
Artemisia suksdorfii coastal wormwood
Artemisia tilesii Tilesius' wormwood
Artemisia tilesii ssp. elatior Tilesius' wormwood
Artemisia tilesii ssp. gormanii Tilesius' wormwood
Artemisia tilesii ssp. tilesii Tilesius' wormwood
Artemisia tilesii ssp. unalaschcensis Tilesius' wormwood
Artemisia umbelliformis Alps wormwood
Artemisia verlotiorum Lamotte Chinese wormwood, Herba Lenna Yesca
Artemisia vulgaris common wormwood
Artemisia vulgaris var. kamtschatica common wormwood
Artemisia vulgaris var. vulgaris common wormwood