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White Wormwood Plant Care
Seriphidium herba-alba (Asso) Y.R.Ling
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Full sun to partial shade
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How do you care for White Wormwood?
White Wormwood grows best in full sun to partial shade.
What Is the White Wormwood?
White Wormwood (Seriphidium herba-alba) belongs to the Asteraceae family within the Seriphidium genus. White Wormwood is also known as Artemisia aragonensis, Artemisia billardieriana, Artemisia herba-alba.
White Wormwood displays a low, spreading ground cover growth habit, reaching up to tall with a spread of approximately . White Wormwood produces small, inconspicuous flowers in clusters.
What Light Does the White Wormwood Need?
White Wormwood thrives in full sun to partial shade.
Light Requirement
Full sun to partial shade
What Soil Mix Works Best for a White Wormwood?
Well-draining sandy soil mix with added perlite for improved drainage. Good drainage is essential for White Wormwood to prevent waterlogging, which leads to root rot and fungal issues.
How Do You Repot a White Wormwood?
Repot every 2-3 years in early spring. Choose a pot one size larger than the current container, and ensure it has drainage holes to allow excess water to escape.
How Do You Propagate a White Wormwood?
White Wormwood can be propagated through seeds, division of root ball. Similar propagation techniques also apply to sea wormwood plant care, which shares the same genus.
Is the White Wormwood Toxic to Pets and Children?
Pet safety not verified
The ASPCA does not list White Wormwood, so we can't confirm whether it is safe for cats and dogs. Keep pets from chewing it as a precaution.
This is a general caution, not veterinary or medical advice. If your pet ate a plant, contact your vet or animal poison control.
See all plants toxic to cats and plants toxic to dogs.
What Pests and Diseases Affect the White Wormwood?
White Wormwood is susceptible to aphids, spider mites, whiteflies. Inspect the foliage regularly, especially along leaf undersides and stems. Treat infestations promptly with insecticidal soap or neem oil to prevent spread.
Yellow leaves, brown tips or drooping? See common plant problems and how to fix them.
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White Wormwood is one of many species covered in the complete plant care and identification guide, which groups plants by genus, attribute, and popularity.
It belongs to the Seriphidium genus — compare its care with other Seriphidium species on PlantoScan.
Seriphidium is part of the Asteraceae plant family — browse all Asteraceae genera and species.
White Wormwood thrives in bright light and direct sun — see other bright-light plants.
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Sources
- Scientific name & taxonomy: Seriphidium herba-alba (Asso) Y.R.Ling, family Asteraceae (first published in Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 11(4): 19, isonym (1991)) — World Flora Online record, IPNI name record.
- Pet toxicity: Pet safety not verified: the ASPCA does not list White Wormwood, so we can't confirm whether it is safe for cats and dogs. Checked against the ASPCA plant list; any other toxicity note on this page comes from PlantoScan's plant database.
- Photo: Floratrek, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons — original.
- Care values(watering, light, temperature, humidity, soil, fertilizing): PlantoScan's plant database, filtered by automatic plausibility checks — values that fail them are hidden. How we source and check plant data.
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