Deuteronomy 29:18 and Revelations 8:10-11 both mention wormwood. This desert plant was used both as a beverage and as a medicine. Artemisia absinthium may be used as a substitute.

Cultivation

This plant grows along roadsides and other disturbed sites. It needs a dry, fertile, sandy loam or clay soil. It is hardy to -20°F. Since it spreads quickly, it may need to be contained.

Bible References

Deuteronomy 29:18: Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood;

Revelation 8:10-11: And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters; and the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.

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