It is one of the common names of a medicinal plant. It is also known as wormwood, asensio, ajorizo, bitter artemisia or yerba santa. Its scientific name is Artemisia absinthium and belongs to the family Asteraceae. There is also another plant called sensio, of the same family and genus (ARTEMIS) and is Artemisia arborescens, which is known as wormwood montuno, Moorish wormwood or Absinthe of mountain. In Colombia Sensio is a trademark of medical sensors.
