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 (short story collection) Wormwood (short story collection) Wormwood, originally published as Swamp Foetus, is a collection of short stories by American horror fiction author Poppy Z. Brite. It was first published by Borderlands Press, a small press publisher of horror fiction, in 1993. It was reprinted by Penguin Books in 1995, and reprinted and retitled in 1996 by Dell Publishing. "His Mouth Will Taste of Wormwood and Other Stories" (Penguin Books, 1995, 96 pages, ) comprises four stories selected from "Swamp Foetus" (aka "Wormwood"): "His Mouth Will Taste of Wormwood", "The Sixth Sentinel", "Calcutta, Lord of Nerves", and "How To Get Ahead in