Artemisia verlotiorum Lamotte

Spice

Family: COMPOSITAE (ASTERACEAE)

Genus: Artemisia

Catalan common name: Donzell arbustiu. Donzell bord. Donzell marí.

Spanish common name: Ajenjo. Yuyo de san vicente.

Province distribution: Alacant. Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Castelló. Girona. Lleida. Tarragona. València.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Chinese-Japanese

Uses and properties: Medicinal.

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Hemicryptophyte.

Habitats: Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones. Non-saline wetlands (intermittent watercourses, streams, artesian wells, ditches). Nitrophilic cultivated fields and grasslands, torrent beds.

Characteristics: A perennial and rhizomatous Artemisia, with leaves green on the face and greyish on the reverse, with flat lobules flat and very acute. The form and colour of the leaves is distinct from the rest of the species of this genus. Additionally, the leaves give off a very agreeable scent.