''Artemisia alba'', called white mugwort, white wormwood, white artemisia, or camphor southernwood, is a species of ''
Artemisia
Artemisia may refer to:
People
* Artemisia I of Caria (fl. 480 BC), queen of Halicarnassus under the First Persian Empire, naval commander during the second Persian invasion of Greece
* Artemisia II of Caria (died 350 BC), queen of Caria under th ...
'' native to Spain, France, Belgium, Italy, Sicily, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, and the Balkans.
Its currently unrecognized subtaxon ''Artemisia alba'' 'Canescens' has gained the
Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
Subspecies
The following subspecies are currently accepted:
*''Artemisia alba'' subsp. ''alba''
*''Artemisia alba'' subsp. ''chitachensis''
*''Artemisia alba'' subsp. ''glabrescens''
(Willk.) Valdés Berm.
*''Artemisia alba'' subsp. ''kabylica''
(Chabert) Greuter
References
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alba
''Alba'' ( , ) is the Scottish Gaelic name for Scotland. It is also, in English language historiography, used to refer to the polity of Picts and Scots united in the ninth century as the Kingdom of Alba, until it developed into the Kingdom ...
Plants described in 1764