Common name:
Feverfew
Family:
Scientific name:
Tanacetum parthenium
Synonym:
Chrysanthemum parthenium
Main flower color:
Range:
All across England and Wales, and most of Scotland and Ireland
Height:
Up to 50 cm
Habitat:
Verges, pathways, disturbed ground, old walls; a naturalised species, and/or garden escape
Flowers:
Flowerheads are held in loose, flat-topped clusters of up to 20; they are up to 2 cm across, with greenish-yellow disc florets and up to 20 broad white ray florets, arranged in overlapping pairs, on stems which are hairless around the base, and sparsely hairy above. Phyllaries are in several rows; they are dark green with lighter-coloured margins
Leaves:
Hairless, once or twice pinnately divided into relatively broad, pointed, toothed segments
Season:
July to January
Rarity:
★★★★★
