Artemisia (genus) as a remedy against hangovers and nightmares. "Artemisia absinthium" is used to make the highly potent spirits absinthe. Malört also contains wormwood. The aperitif vermouth (derived from the German word "Wermut", "wormwood") is a wine flavored with aromatic herbs, but originally with wormwood. "Artemisia arborescens" (tree wormwood, or "sheeba" in Arabic) is an aromatic herb indigenous to the Middle East used in tea, usually with mint. A few species are grown as ornamental plants, the fine-textured ones used for clipped bordering. All grow best in free-draining sandy soil, unfertilized, and in full sun. "Artemisia stelleriana" is known as Dusty Miller,
Wormwood Scrubs Wormwood Scrubs Wormwood Scrubs, known locally as The Scrubs (or simply Scrubs), is an open space located in the north-eastern corner of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in west London. It is the largest open space in the Borough, at 80 ha (200 acres), and one of the largest areas of common in London. The eastern part, known as Little Wormwood Scrubs, is cut off by Scrubs Lane and the West London Line railway. It has been an open public space since the Wormwood Scrubs Act of 1879. The southern edge of the Scrubs is the site of