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Artemisia inculta

Artemisia inculta
Photo: Scan by NYPL, Public domain

Artemisia inculta is a rare, aromatic, woody-based perennial undershrub from North Africa and parts of the Middle East, with finely divided foliage and tightly clustered small flower heads. It is seldom grown in gardens, so care advice below is general and drawn from related Artemisia species.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Water deeply but infrequently, letting the soil dry out between waterings.
Soil
Free-draining, sandy or gritty soil; poor to average fertility.
Temperature
10–30 °C; protect from frost below about 0 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Kriti, Libya to Sinai
Climate
subtropical

About

Artemisia inculta is a rare perennial species of aromatic undershrub in the family Asteraceae, native to North Africa and select regions of the Middle East.

Where it grows

In Qatar, Artemisia inculta favors marginal environments, especially roadside habitats. Its presence is rare and often restricted to areas with shallow soil depressions where some moisture and protection from disturbance may persist.

Other Artemisia plants

Southernwood · Absinthium · African Wormwood · White Mugwort · Sweet sagewort · Hedge Artemisia · Chinese Mugwort · Biennial wormwood · Coastal sagebrush · Capillary Artemisia · Carruth's sagewort · Douglas' sagewort

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Artemisia inculta 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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