Artemisia annua – Sweet wormwood

Sweet wormwood can be found in disturbed areas with rocky soil.

The plant can be identified by its silvery-green leaves with a feathery appearance. It produces small yellow-green flowers in late summer. The leaves have a strong aromatic scent when crushed.

The above ground parts of the plant can be dried and then steeped in boiling water to produce a medicinal tea.

 

Sweet wormwood is most known for its use as an anti-malarial. It contains artemisinin which helps to eliminate the infection from the blood. Sweet wormwood tea is also taken to aide digestion, flush out parasites, and reduce pain.

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Written by Amy Demers, founder of the Connecticut Foraging Club. To learn more about foraging in Connecticut, check out our upcoming classes.