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Purple wormwood

Artemisia globularia

Purple wormwood
Photo: Unknown author, CC0

Purple wormwood (Artemisia globularia) is a small, clumping, slightly aromatic perennial of the daisy family from cold northern regions, growing up to about 30 cm tall with many small yellow flower heads. It is a cold-hardy alpine and tundra plant that suits rock gardens with sharp drainage and full sun.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly and let the soil dry out between waterings; avoid soggy roots.
Soil
Lean, gritty, very well-drained soil or rocky mix.
Temperature
Tolerates cold well; protect from prolonged heat and humid summers, which it dislikes.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
N. Russian Far East, Subarctic America
Climate
subalpine or subarctic

About

Artemisia globularia, the purple wormwood, is a rare Asian and North American species of plants in the family Asteraceae. It is native to Alaska, Yukon Territory, and the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug of Russia.

Other Artemisia plants

Southernwood · Absinthium · African Wormwood · White Mugwort · Aleutian wormwood · Artemisia alpina · Sweet sagewort · Hedge Artemisia · Little sagebrush · Artemisia arenaria · Chinese Mugwort · Austrian Mugwort

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Artemisia globularia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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