Artemisia genipi
Weber
Spiked wormwood, Black wormwood, Genipi
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Leaves - flavouring, Flower heads
The leaves flavour absinthe water and are used to make alcoholic drinks. The flower heads are also edible.
Known Hazards
Where to Find It
It is a temperate to Mediterranean climate plant. It grows on scree slopes. In northern Italy is occurs between 2,000-3,000 m above sea level.
Alps, Europe, Italy, Mediterranean, Switzerland,
Countries: Andorra, Albania, Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Belgium, Bulgaria, Belarus, Switzerland, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Algeria, Estonia, Egypt, Spain, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Iceland, Italy, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Libya, Morocco, Monaco, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Russia, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia, San Marino, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine
How to Identify
A herb. The stems are woody at the base. It grows 10-20 cm tall. It is covered with silky grey hairs. The leaves are silvery-grey and the ones at the base are divided 2 to 3 times. The flowers are in a spike. The flower heads are small and yellow.
How to Grow
Plants are grown from seeds.
Names & Synonyms
Blackwart, Genepi noir
Absinthium tanacetifolium (L.) Gaertn.Artemisia bocconei All.Artemisia spicata (Baumg.) Wulfen ex Jacq.and others
References (8)
- Abbet, C., et al, 2014, Ethnobotanical survey on wild alpine food plants in Lower and Central Valais (Switzerland). Journal of Ethnopharmacology 151 (2014) 624–634
- Brown, D., 2002, The Royal Horticultural Society encyclopedia of Herbs and their uses. DK Books. p 131
- Facciola, S., 1998, Cornucopia 2: a Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, p 33
- Hedrick, U.P., 1919, (Ed.), Sturtevant's edible plants of the world. p 74 (As Artemisia spicata)
- Seidemann J., 2005, World Spice Plants. Economic Usage, Botany, Taxonomy. Springer. p 53
- Stechmann, Artemis. 17. 1775
- Trendafilova, A., et al, 2020, Research Advances on Health Effects of Edible Artemisia Species and Some Sesquiterpene Lactones Constituents. Foods 2021, 10, 65. p 4
- Wiersema, J. H. & Leon, B., 2013, World Economic Plants. A Standard Reference CRC Press. 2nd Ed. p 72
