Species

Artemisia arborescens

Etymology

Artemisia: Named after the goddess Artemis in Greek mythology (Roman Diana), who benefitted from a plant of this family so she gave it her own name.
arborescens: becoming a tree

Common Name(s)

hedge artemisia

Family

Asteraceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Exotic

NVS Species Code

ARTARB

The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.

Structural Class

Dicotyledonous Herbs - Composites

Flower Colours

Yellow

Year Naturalised

1988

Origin

Mediterranean

This page last updated on 18 Jan 2010