Feverfew
Feverfew - pale green leaves
Flowers and yellow-green leaves
Flower with a single layer of ray florets
Flower - double layer of ray florets
Upper leaves
Lower leaves
Tanacetum parthenium
Asteraceae
June to October – some plants flower through to December
It is found throughot the country.
See the BSBI distribution map for Feverfew
It is an archaeophyte which has been has been grown in
UK gardens as a herbal medicine for over 1000 years
and is still grown as an ornamental flower.
It is well naturalised and grows as a weed in gardens and
allotments, in cracks in pavements, on walls and in waste
ground and besides, footpaths, tracks, railways and roads.
It is mainly found near habitation.
Feverfew is a strongly aromatic perennial herb growing up
to 70cm.
Flowers are up to 2.3cm across, in clusters.
The inner rays are yellow and the outer are white and
either single or double.
The upper leaves are less divided than the 2-pinnate lower
leaves.
They very from green to pale green to yellow.
The whole plant is downy.
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Feverfew - pale green leaves
Flowers and yellow-green leaves
Flower with a single layer of ray florets
Flower - double layer of ray florets
Upper leaves
Lower leaves
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