Artemisia absinthium
speciesAt a glance
Sources16 archives
Databases and archives Artemisia absinthium's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation17 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility92 005 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI22 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics34 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
dukesphytochemcompounds
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
Paleobiology DatabasePBDB consortiumfossil record↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Artemisia absinthium (wormwood, grand wormwood, absinthe, absinthium, absinthe wormwood, mugwort, wermout, wermud, wormit, wormod) is a species of Artemisia, native to temperate regions of Eurasia and North Africa, and widely naturalized in Canada and the northern United States. It is grown as an ornamental plant and is used as an ingredient in the spirit absinthe and some other alcoholic beverages.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology19
Life cycle & reproduction15
Diet & foraging2
Habitat & environment12
Physiology & chemistry5
Other traits2
Compounds documented for Artemisia absinthium across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile5 classes
Documented compounds289 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAT | 381,000 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| PROTEIN | 334,000 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| TANNIN | 77,000 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| ASH | 66,000 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| EO | 17,000 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| TRANS-EPOXYOCIMENE | 5,700 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| CIS-EPOXYOCIMENE | 5,700 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| ASCORBIC-ACID | 2,600 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| ALPHA-THUJONE | 1,750 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| BETA-THUJONE | 1,750 ppm | DukesPhytochem |
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Artemisia absinthium has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
The complete instruction manual Artemisia absinthium carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is
Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
2n 1881×GoaT · DTOL Flowering Plants Estimates Kew · GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database · CCDB · slov-fl +16
2n 362×CCDB · poland · CCDB · CromoCat 2015
2n 01×CCDB · CromoCat 2015
n 921×CCDB · mediterranean · CCDB · book-ipcn65 · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl +3
n 03×CCDB · CromoCat 2015
n 111×CCDB · ita-fl
diploid1×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database
diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale
How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.
At a glance
When this lineage existed
How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard epochs (Pliocene, Pleistocene…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. This lineage is a young one, so the strip is zoomed in to epochs — the finer subdivisions inside a period. The orange marker is the DNA clock: DNA accumulates mutations at a roughly steady rate, so comparing this species' DNA with its relatives estimates when the lineage split off — independently of any fossil.
How it livedPBDB
Record type92 005 records
Origin
Range
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions170 of 312 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record | 1 041 |
| LDlocation not on record | 316 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 310 |
| Olocation not on record | 282 |
| BFLlocation not on record | 202 |
| BRNUlocation not on record | 157 |
| BIO-UNIPIlocation not on record | 150 |
| Kuopio, FI | 125 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 118 |
| Uniwersytet Warszawskilocation not on record | 113 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 106 |
| Tartu, EE | 97 |
| Oulu, FI | 92 |
| St. Paul, US | 91 |
| Barcelona, ES | 86 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 84 |
| Zürich, CH | 77 |
| Görlitz, DE | 70 |
| Turku, FI | 67 |
| Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universitat Greifswaldlocation not on record | 66 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 62 |
| BDBClocation not on record | 60 |
| Wuzhou, CN | 58 |
| València, ES | 58 |
| KMNlocation not on record | 55 |
| Zürich, CH | 54 |
| South Kensington, GB | 54 |
| Trondheim, NO | 51 |
| Madison, US | 48 |
| Jyväskylä, FI | 47 |
| Tempe, US | 47 |
| GBS RAN - Glavny Botanichesky Sad Rossijskoj Akademii Nauklocation not on record | 44 |
| WTUlocation not on record | 44 |
| Salzburg, AT | 43 |
| WINlocation not on record | 41 |
| Tallinn, EE | 39 |
| Bronx, US | 39 |
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 39 |
| Uppsala, SE | 34 |
| Entomological Society of Latvialocation not on record | 32 |
| BClocation not on record | 32 |
| Chapingo, MX | 31 |
| Wlocation not on record | 30 |
| Tula State Universitylocation not on record | 29 |
| GMBAlocation not on record | 28 |
| Missoula, US | 28 |
| Bozeman, US | 27 |
| Pullman, US | 27 |
| Vitoria, ES | 26 |
| Berlin, DE | 26 |
| MAlocation not on record | 24 |
| Moscow, US | 22 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 21 |
| University of Alberta Museumslocation not on record | 21 |
| Saint Louis, US | 19 |
| Bergen, NO | 19 |
| Bern, CH | 18 |
| Mexico City, MX | 18 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 18 |
| Vancouver, CA | 17 |
| Burlington, US | 17 |
| Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistanlocation not on record | 17 |
| Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record | 16 |
| Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record | 15 |
| TUR-Alocation not on record | 15 |
| Porto Alegre, BR | 15 |
| Helsinki, FI | 15 |
| Salamanca, ES | 14 |
| Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiejlocation not on record | 13 |
| GJOlocation not on record | 13 |
| Saint John, CA | 13 |
| Philadelphia, US | 13 |
| New Haven, US | 13 |
| Mlocation not on record | 12 |
| Québec, CA | 12 |
| Corvallis, US | 12 |
| Christchurch, NZ | 12 |
| Logan, US | 12 |
| GZUlocation not on record | 11 |
| Chadron, US | 11 |
| San Isidro, AR | 11 |
| IDElocation not on record | 11 |
| PRClocation not on record | 10 |
| Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record | 10 |
| Spearfish, US | 10 |
| Porvoo, FI | 10 |
| Montréal, CA | 9 |
| Bourges, FR | 9 |
| Madrid, ES | 8 |
| Yangling, CN | 8 |
| Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicachlocation not on record | 8 |
| UFOPlocation not on record | 8 |
| Granada, ES | 8 |
| The State Museum-Preserve "The Kulikovo pole"location not on record | 8 |
| Urumqi, CN | 8 |
| Victoria, CA | 8 |
| Karlsruhe, DE | 8 |
| Wuhan, CN | 7 |
| Toronto, CA | 7 |
| Tula State Lev Tolstoy Pedagogical Universitylocation not on record | 7 |
| Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record | 7 |
| Bloomington, US | 7 |
| Allentown, US | 7 |
| College of the Atlantic, Museumlocation not on record | 7 |
| Musee des Dinosaures d'Esperaza (Aude)location not on record | 7 |
| Frankfurt am Main | 7 |
| Maringá, BR | 7 |
| Denver, US | 7 |
| Auckland, NZ | 7 |
| University of New Hampshirelocation not on record | 7 |
| Austin, US | 6 |
| Université Lavallocation not on record | 6 |
| Puebla, MX | 6 |
| Acadia Universitylocation not on record | 6 |
| Porrentruy, CH | 6 |
| The Tula Region State Institution of Culture "Tula Museum Association"location not on record | 6 |
| Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record | 6 |
| Uniwersytet Opolskilocation not on record | 6 |
| San Sebastián, ES | 6 |
| Brussel, BE | 6 |
| Stockholm, SE | 6 |
| Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record | 6 |
| Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA)location not on record | 6 |
| Canberra, AU | 6 |
| NMBU:MINAlocation not on record | 6 |
| Universidad del Pais Vasco (UPV/EHU)location not on record | 5 |
| DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record | 5 |
| CJBGlocation not on record | 5 |
| Guangzhou, CN | 5 |
| Flagstaff, US | 5 |
| Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (PUJ)location not on record | 5 |
| DBF-NHMDlocation not on record | 5 |
| Córdoba, AR | 5 |
| Laboratory of Palaeontologylocation not on record | 5 |
| Wellington, NZ | 4 |
| Blumenau, BR | 4 |
| Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record | 4 |
| Dekalb, US | 4 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 4 |
| Miami, US | 4 |
| Green Bay, US | 4 |
| Hobart, AU | 4 |
| Pamplona, ES | 4 |
| Cascavel, BR | 4 |
| Paris, FR | 4 |
| Beijing, CN | 4 |
| Bangkok, TH | 4 |
| Durango, MX | 4 |
| Cheney, US | 4 |
| Provo, US | 4 |
| Museo Achille Folettolocation not on record | 4 |
| Riobamba, EC | 3 |
| McWane Science Centerlocation not on record | 3 |
| Nijmegen, NL | 3 |
| Lincoln, US | 3 |
| Xining, CN | 3 |
| Fulda, DE | 3 |
| Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record | 3 |
| Jaén, ES | 3 |
| Tilburg, NL | 3 |
| Juriquilla, MX | 3 |
| Universidad de Caldas (UCaldas)location not on record | 3 |
| Guatemala City, GT | 3 |
| Whitehorse, CA | 3 |
| University of Wisconsinlocation not on record | 3 |
| SVK001location not on record | 3 |
| Philadelphia, US | 3 |
| Glarus, CH | 3 |
| Alicante, ES | 3 |
| Lanzhou, CN | 3 |
| Kew, GB | 3 |
| Boise, US | 3 |
| Frauenfeld, CH | 3 |
| Brookings, US | 2 |
| Davenport, US | 2 |
| Portland, US | 2 |
| Museum of the Rockieslocation not on record | 2 |
| Laboratorio de Ictiologialocation not on record | 2 |
| Université de Bordeauxlocation not on record | 2 |
| Herbario UTCEClocation not on record | 2 |
| Rotorua, NZ | 2 |
| Davis, US | 2 |
| Monastir, TN | 2 |
| Tuxtla Gutiérrez, MX | 2 |
| Riverside, US | 2 |
| nbflocation not on record | 2 |
| St. Augustine, TT | 2 |
| Montecillo, Texcoco, MX | 2 |
| Corrientes, AR | 2 |
| Sion, CH | 2 |
| Hazara Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record | 2 |
| Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratorylocation not on record | 2 |
| USFS/BHSClocation not on record | 2 |
| Nagano City, JP | 2 |
| Science Museum of Minnesotalocation not on record | 2 |
| Adelaide, AU | 2 |
| ESP149location not on record | 2 |
| SZUlocation not on record | 2 |
| Mérida, MX | 2 |
| Phyletisches Museum Jenalocation not on record | 2 |
| Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkunde Karlsruhe (State Museum of Natural History)location not on record | 2 |
| Badajoz, ES | 2 |
| Pocatello, US | 2 |
| BSBIlocation not on record | 2 |
| Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS)location not on record | 2 |
| Columbia, US | 2 |
| Instituto para la Investigación y la Preservación del Patrimonio Cultural y Natural del Valle del Cauca - INCIVAlocation not on record | 2 |
| Claremont, US | 2 |
| Foz do Iguaçu, BR | 2 |
| University of British Columbialocation not on record | 1 |
| H-Schuhwlocation not on record | 1 |
| Durham, US | 1 |
| Naturalis Biodiversity Centerlocation not on record | 1 |
| PrivatHerblocation not on record | 1 |
| Mississippi State, US | 1 |
| Fargo, US | 1 |
| München, DE | 1 |
| Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsinlocation not on record | 1 |
| Clemson, US | 1 |
| Pamplona, ES | 1 |
| H-Diaslocation not on record | 1 |
| Jardín Botánico José Celestino Mutis (JBBJCM)location not on record | 1 |
| NMWlocation not on record | 1 |
| UFBAlocation not on record | 1 |
| JBRJlocation not on record | 1 |
| Torreón, MX | 1 |
| San Luis Obispo, US | 1 |
| ROM020location not on record | 1 |
| LPMMBHlocation not on record | 1 |
| Salvador, BR | 1 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 1 |
| ISAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Royal Botanic Garden Edinburghlocation not on record | 1 |
| Podgorica, ME | 1 |
| Feira de Santana, BR | 1 |
| Universidade Federal de Sergipe (UFS)location not on record | 1 |
| Sagamihara, JP | 1 |
| Sant Julià de Lòria, AD | 1 |
| WNNUlocation not on record | 1 |
| CICYTEXlocation not on record | 1 |
| Kandalaksha State Nature Reservelocation not on record | 1 |
| Pomona Collegelocation not on record | 1 |
| National Institute for Agricultural and Veterinarian Research, Portugallocation not on record | 1 |
| Tapachula, MX | 1 |
| Musée des Confluenceslocation not on record | 1 |
| FLASlocation not on record | 1 |
| Santa Cruz de la Sierra, BO | 1 |
| Uberlândia, BR | 1 |
| Caldwell, US | 1 |
| Herbarium of South China Botanical Gardenlocation not on record | 1 |
| Fribourg, CH | 1 |
| Taipei, TW | 1 |
| Valparaiso, CL | 1 |
| Herbario Universidad de Concepciónlocation not on record | 1 |
| University of Lethbridgelocation not on record | 1 |
| John T. Waterhouse Herbariumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Mount Annan, AU | 1 |
| Tuxtla Gutiérrez, MX | 1 |
| Universidad de Nariño (UdeNar)location not on record | 1 |
| UnBlocation not on record | 1 |
| Herbario Selva Central Oxapampa - estación biológica del Jardín Botánico de Missourilocation not on record | 1 |
| Cambridge, US | 1 |
| Chicago, US | 1 |
| SWlocation not on record | 1 |
| Tromso University Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Minot State Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Oswego, US | 1 |
| Corporación Autónoma Regional Para la Defensa de la Meseta de Bucaramanga (CDMB)location not on record | 1 |
| Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record | 1 |
| UoB-IBlocation not on record | 1 |
| Muzaffarabad, PK | 1 |
| Masindi, UG | 1 |
| Sevilla, ES | 1 |
| Institut fur Allgemeine Mikrobiologielocation not on record | 1 |
| Uniwersytet Jagiellońskilocation not on record | 1 |
| ARM059location not on record | 1 |
| Forssa, FI | 1 |
| Dresden, DE | 1 |
| Instituto para la Investigación y la Preservación del Patrimonio Cultural y Natural del Valle del Cauca - INCIVAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Antiguo Cuscatlán, SV | 1 |
| Northridge, US | 1 |
| Chicago, US | 1 |
| IPE-CSIClocation not on record | 1 |
| Pretoria, ZA | 1 |
| Universidade Federal de Goiáslocation not on record | 1 |
| Xiamen, CN | 1 |
| DULlocation not on record | 1 |
| Pelotas, BR | 1 |
| Sede di Via Giorgio La Pira del Museo di Storia naturale di Firenze | Via Giorgio La Pira headquarter of the Natural History Museum in Florencelocation not on record | 1 |
| UTPLlocation not on record | 1 |
| BG-NMNHSlocation not on record | 1 |
| UFVJMlocation not on record | 1 |
| Universiti Sains Malaysialocation not on record | 1 |
| URCAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Tlalnepantla, MX | 1 |
| Firenze, IT | 1 |
| Pacific Lutheran Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Conservatoire botanique national du Bassin parisienlocation not on record | 1 |
| Kingston, US | 1 |
| Odawara, JP | 1 |
| UFRRJlocation not on record | 1 |
| National Museum Waleslocation not on record | 1 |
| DOI/NPS, Mount Rainier National Parklocation not on record | 1 |
| Santa Barbara, US | 1 |
| Prioksko-Terrasnyi Biosphere Reservelocation not on record | 1 |
| Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones Científicas - SINCHIlocation not on record | 1 |
| Research Collection of B. A. Bennettlocation not on record | 1 |
| Göteborg, SE | 1 |
| Buenos Aires, AR | 1 |
| Córdoba, ES | 1 |
| ESP109location not on record | 1 |
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Where the DNA of Artemisia absinthium was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
Modelled climatemodelled
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.