☙ Absinthe wormwood

Artemisia absinthium L. (1753)WFO

Period Breton (brezhoneg): huelenn.LB

Period English: wormwood.

Period French: absinthe f.; BD armoise absinthe f. ('absinthe mugwort'); LB absinthe suisse f. ('Swiss absinthe'); LB aluyne f.; LB alvine f. ('alvine' [related to the gut]); LB armoise amère f. ('bitter mugwort'); LB grande absinthe f. ('greater absinthe'); LB herbe sainte f. ('holywort'). LB

Period German: Wermuth m. JDS

Sentiments:

🏶︎ Absence ▲︎◆︎◼︎ (1811-1850); BD O&B TTA ESP CHW LH JDS S&K HGA:OT

🏶︎ AmertumeBitterness ◼︎ (1841); JDS

Region:

Native: Northern Africa; Caucasus; China Southeast; Middle and Western Asia; Siberia; Pakistan; West Himalaya; Continental Europe.WFO

Introduced: Macaronesia; Northeast Tropical Africa; Tunisia; China; Japan; Taiwan; India; Indo-China; Malesia; Australia; Aotearoa; Finland; Great Britain; Ireland; Norway; Corse; Sardegna; Canada; Mexico; North, Middle and Western United States of America; Greenland; Brazil; Caribbean; Central and South America.WFO

Seasonality: Flowers early summer to early autumn.

Period Colours: TBC.