Artemisia absinthium

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q25686
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Summary

Artemisia absinthium is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.26% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16,659 views/month, #503 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • Parent taxon: Artemisia[4]
  • Taxon name: Artemisia absinthium[5]
  • Subclass of: useful plant[6]
  • Has use: medicinal plant[7], spice[8]
  • Commons category: Artemisia absinthium[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Artemisia absinthium[10]
  • Commons gallery: Artemisia absinthium[11], Artemisia_absinthium[12]
  • Described at URL: https://yerbateca.org/plantas/artemisia-absinthium/[13]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15], Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 76(2)[16], The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[17], Ботанический словарь[18]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=4274[19]
  • Short name: A. absinthium[20]
  • Taxon common name: Wermut[21], absinthium[22], Absintalsem[23], pelyněk pravý[24], armoise absinthe[25], wormwood[26], mali[27], 中亚苦蒿[28], 洋艾[29], 苦艾[30], 苦蒿[31], 啤酒蒿[32], 一枝蒿[33], 中亚苦蒿(苦艾)[34]
  • Has fruit type: achene[35]

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Identifiers

Artemisia absinthium's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 60350[36]. Artemisia absinthium's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 72332[37]. Artemisia absinthium's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 469712[38]. Artemisia absinthium's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3121319[39]. Artemisia absinthium's ITIS TSN is recorded as 35445[40].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Artemisia absinthium include vermouth[41], a flavored alcoholic beverage[42] and absinthin[43], a type of chemical entity[44].

Why It Matters

Artemisia absinthium has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[45] It is known by 125 alternative names across languages and contexts.[46]

Entities named for it include vermouth[41], a flavored alcoholic beverage[42] and absinthin[43], a type of chemical entity[44].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [42] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [44] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [45] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [46] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 29d ago · Dactylantha · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nzpcn id → artemisia-absinthium
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  2. 7w ago · Caterina Sansone · 2026-08-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Bncf thesaurus id → 80726
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  3. 8w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Verbaalpina id → C8028
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  4. 12w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Q292896
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  5. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has use → medicinal plant, spice
    Subclass of → —
    Taxon range → Switzerland, Xinjiang
    Instance of → —
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007547405705171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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