Artemisia arborescens

Linnaeus

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Common name (English)

Tree wormwood, Shrubby wormwood

Common name (Greek)

Γένια του γέρου, Αψιθιά

Ηabitat

FA Hedgerows

X25 Domestic gardens (rural)

X10 Mixed landscapes

Global distribution

France, Portugal, Spain, Baleares (Ibiza & Formentera, Mallorca, Menorca), Italy, Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, Malta, Croatia, Montenegro, Greece (incl. Kiklades), Crete, East Aegaean Isl., Rhodos, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Turkey (NE-Anatolia, SSW-Anatolia, SW-Anatolia, W-Anatolia), Cyprus (C-Mountains, E-Cyprus, N-Cyprus, S-Cyprus, W-Cyprus), Israel (coastal W-Israel, Rift Valley, N-Israel), Jordania (W-Jordania), Lebanon (coastal W-Lebanon), Syria (coastal W-Syria, C-Syrian Desert), Yemen (SW-Yemen), Australia (Western Australia (I), SE-South Australia (I), New South Wales (I), Victoria (I)), Chatham Isl. (I) 82739 0

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Habitat detail

Hedges, dry stone walls and field borders (Tsintides et al. 2002).

Establishment status

Not Established

Establishment status detail

Alien: Casual. Hedges & drystone walls near dwellings, 200-3000' Probably always a relic of cultivation, including a site for Division 3 at Salamiou.

Relic or escape of cultivation (Tsintides et al. 2002).

First detection year

1880

Pathway

2 ESCAPE FROM CONFINEMENT - Agriculture – Ag

Pathway detail

Already cultivated centuries before its first reported source (Georgiades 1995).

References

Meikle RD (1985) Flora of Cyprus, Vol. 2.

Georgiades C (1995) Η επιγενής χλωρίδα της Κύπρου. Ταξινομική, χλωριδικά, φυτογεωγραφική, οικοφυσιολογική μελέτη. [The adventive flora of Cyprus, taxonomic, floristic, phytogeographic, ecophysiological study]. Ph.D. Thesis, Athens University.

Tsintides T, Hadjikyriakou GN, Christodoulou CS (2002) Trees and shrubs in Cyprus. Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis—Cyprus Forest Association, Nicosia, Cyprus.