botanical record · discovered
Desert Wormwood
Artemisia herba-alba
Desert Wormwood · Armoise Herbe-blanche · Armoise herbe blanche, Armoise herba-alba · Bijeli pelin · Botja pudent · Cciḥ · Ontina · Pyrenean Wormwood · White Wormwood · armoise herbe blanche · piibli-koirohi · white wormwood · Бели пелин · לענת המדבר · برنجاسف هرباآلبا · شيح أبيض · شيح ابيض
At a glance
Origin / distribution: Egypt, Africa, Spain, DZ, ES
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Gastritis, Spasm, Vermifuge, Emmenagogue
Science studied: AROMADENDRENE, ARTEMETIN, ARTEMISIA-ALCOHOL, BORNYL-ACETATE
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Asteraceae
Scientific name: Artemisia herba-alba
Common names: Desert Wormwood, Armoise Herbe-blanche, Armoise herbe blanche, Armoise herba-alba, Bijeli pelin, Botja pudent, Cciḥ, Ontina, Pyrenean Wormwood, White Wormwood, armoise herbe blanche, piibli-koirohi, white wormwood, Бели пелин, לענת המדבר, برنجاسف هرباآلبا, شيح أبيض, شيح ابيض
POWO: 179584-1 · WCVP June 2026 / POWO backbone
History
The source record documents this plant in Egypt, Africa, Spain, DZ, ES.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Gastritis
- Spasm
- Vermifuge
- Emmenagogue
- Enteritis
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- Egypt
- Africa
- Spain
- DZ
- ES
Documented cultural uses
- Gastritis
- Spasm
- Vermifuge
- Emmenagogue
- Enteritis
Cultural record detail
These entries are transcribed from the cited ethnobotanical source; they do not represent current advice or a claim of efficacy.
- Gastritis · Egypt · "
- Spasm · Egypt · "
- Vermifuge · Africa · "
- Emmenagogue · Africa · "
- Enteritis · Egypt · "
- Vermifuge · Spain · "
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific research
Indexed records indicate research activity; they do not establish efficacy or safety.
Indexed research records
- Chemical Profile and Insecticidal Properties of Essential Oil Obtained from Algerian Artemisia herba-alba Leaves. · 2026 source ↗
- Exploring the cytotoxic potential of Artemisia herba-alba crude extract and key phytoconstituents using in vitro assays and molecular docking insights. · 2026 source ↗
- Seasonal Phytochemical Variation and Bioactivity of Artemisia herba-alba: Comparative Evaluation of Essential Oils and Phenolic Extracts With Antioxidant, Tyrosinase Inhibitory and In Silico Studies. · 2026 source ↗
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- AROMADENDRENE
- ARTEMETIN
- ARTEMISIA-ALCOHOL
- BORNYL-ACETATE
- CADALENE
- CALACORENE
- CALAMENENE
- CHRYSANTHEMYL-ACETATE
- CHRYSANTHENOL
- 1,8-CINEOLE
- ALPHA-COPAENE
- COPPER
- CUMINALDEHYDE
- P-CYMENE
- DEACETYLHERBOLIDE-A
- DIHYDROREYNOSIN
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- DIHYDROXYGERMACRANDIENOLIDE
- 3-BETA,8-ALPHA-DIHYDROXY-4(15),9-GERMACRANDIEN-12,6-OLIDE
- 3-BETA,8-ALPHA-DIHYDROXY-6-ALPHAH,7H,11BETAH-GERMACRANDIEN-5(14)...
- GAMMA-ELEMENE
- N-EICOSANE
- 11-ALPHA-H-GALLICIN
- ALPHA-GUAIENE
- BETA-GUAIENE
- HERBOLIDE-B
- HERBOLIDE-C
- HERBOLIDE-F
- HERBOLIDE-G
- HERBOLIDE-I
- IRON
- ISOVITEXIN
- LYRATOL
- MAGNESIUM
- MYRTENAL
- N-OCTADECANE
- PATULETIN-3-0-GLUCOSIDE
- PATULETIN-3-RUTINOSIDE
- ALPHA-PINENE
- BETA-PINENE
- QUERCETIN-3'-GLUCOSIDE
- QUERCETIN-3-0-RUTINOSIDE
- SABINENE
- SANTONIN
- SCHAFTOSIDE
- BETA-SITOSTEROL
- SODIUM
- 1-TERPINEN-4-OL
- ALPHA-THUJONE
- THYMOL
- 2,6,10-TRIMETHYL-CIS-7,10-OXIDO-DODECA-3E,11-DIEN-2-OL-5-ONE
- YOMOGI-ALCOHOL
- ZINC
- VICENIN-2
- EO
- N-HEPTADECANE
- HERBOLIDE-E
- ARTEINCULTONE
- BETA-BISABOLENE
- GAMMA-CADINENE
- CELLULOSE
- CINEOLE
- ALPHA-CURCUMENE
- DIHYDROSANTAMARIN
- 5,4'-DIHYDROXY-6,7,3'-TRIMETHOXY-FLAVONE
- HERBOLIDE-A
- HERBOLIDE-D
- HERBOLIDE-H
- ISOSCHAFTOSIDE
- 1-METHYL-4-ISOPROPYLBENZENE
- PHOSPHORUS
- POTASSIUM
- SANTOLINA-ALCOHOL
- STIGMASTEROL
- BETA-THUJONE
- TORRENTIN
- BORNEOL
- CAMPHOR
- TRANS-PINOCARVEOL
Legality
No exact international trade listing was returned by the CITES checklist for this accepted name. Country-specific law is not assessed here.
Consult the CITES species checklist for current international and national requirements.
Reference images
Sources
Plants of the World Online (POWO) · Kew data terms; cite POWO/WCVP
World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) · CC BY 3.0
show claim source mapping
- identity · DH-SRC-0030
- documented_uses · DH-SRC-0030
- compounds · DH-SRC-0030
- taxonomy · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- common_names · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- countries · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- wfo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0003 · source ↗
- cultural_records · DH-SRC-0030 · source ↗
- powo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0001 · source ↗
- wcvp_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0002 · source ↗
CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
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