Artemisia abrotanum and the artemisias that are lumped together as "Dusty Miller", and wormwood (Artemisia absinthium) were used to flavor the liqueur Absinthe.
Absinth wormwood or green ginger (Artemisia absinthium) was used to repel fleas and moths, and in brewing (wormwood beer, wormwood wine).
Artemisia arborescens L. (Tree Wormwood, or Sheeba in Arabic) is a very bitter herb indegenous to the Middle East that is used in tea, usually with mint.
American Journal of Botany, 53, 10, November, 1966/ December, 1966(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Abstract: Artemisiapattersonii and A. scopulorum are closely related species of alpine sages endemic to the Rocky Mountains.
Artemisiapattersonii has a chromosome number of n = 7, 2n = 14, which is presently unique in the genus.
The karyotype of A. pattersonii is contrasted to its nearest putative relative, A. scopulorum (n = 9, 2n = 18), in order to determine if A. pattersonii might be derived from A. scopulorum through aneuploid reduction; however, the cytological evidence is inconclusive.
The species occurs on relatively barren, xeric habitats with gentle to steep slopes and is usually associated with sparsely vegetated bitterbrush (Purshia tridentata) or bitterbrush/sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) communities.
Artemisia campestris wormskioldii (northern wormwood) was historically known from the banks of the Columbia River near the mouth of the John Day River in Wasco County, Oregon, westward to the vicinity of the Hood River.
Cardamine pattersonii (Saddle Mountain bittercress) is endemic to four mountaintops in the Coast Ranges of Clatsop and Yamhill counties, Oregon.
This species is associated with: Artemisia (Sagebrush), Persia (Bitterbrush), Chrysothamnus (Rabbitbrush).
This species is also found among species such as Astragalus pattersonii, A. bisulcatus, Penstemon cyathophorus and P. strictus as well as horsebrush, winterfat, snowberry and mountain mahogany (USFWS 1992).
This species is restricted to a narrow, unusual habitat and known from an area of about 2.4 km long and 0.8 km wide in northern Colorado (USFWS 1992)..