Possibly a herb of some type?

About six months ago, I was asked by a local resident to propagate a plant from a cutting that they had been using as a herb in their Middle Eastern cuisine.

I was not told what it was as they did not know the English name for it - only that it was used in tea infusions and to flavour meat.

Anyway, it took about four months for the cutting to take root and stabilise its growth.






The leaves are furry to the touch which is similar to sage and lavendar.

It has a mild aniseed/curry smell.

Any ideas of what it could be?

 

Hello misterQ It looks like Artemisia. I wouldn't describe the aroma as mild, but it's certainly distinctive. In the west, tarragon is used in cuisine, which IIRC is a member of the same family. HTH

 

???? @Zigs ......so wormwood is used to make absinthe as well....want to make something of it, big boy?

 

You evil, evil woman.

Here I was merrily typing my query expecting that I'd atleast get some small chores done before finally settling down, a nice cup of tea in hand, to check for a reply.

Little did I know that a vegetation vixen would be lurking in readiness to pounce onto innocent men and sending them down to face the dreaded time stealing links of the info arachnid.

So, I saw the reply. Googled Artemisia, read it's wikipedia entry, clicked onto pictures depicting Artemisia of all kinds, blinked...

And, the next thing I knew, my tongue had turned furry and I had grown a full beard where only a slight five o'clock shadow existed there just moments ago. Like that, I was robbed of six whole days.

I agree - it is Artemisia. I am tending towards Artemisia arborescens as it seems to coincide with the properties mentioned above.

Evil vegetation vixen, you want me to say thanks and that I am very grateful for your help, don't you?

Well, I won't.

Take a raspberry instead.

 

Ohhhh..I've never been called a vegetation vixen before! Or evil, for that matter. Not to my face, anyway! Pouncing on innocent men; now, that's more like it
Thing is.....you have to get in quick on here because there are a lot of very knowledgeable people about I would have had it down as A. Powis Castle but don't know whether that has reached the Middle East.
As for a nice cup of tea, oh deary, deary me! Dreadful stuff..have you seen what it does to the inside of a teapot?