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  Tanacetum parthenium (L.) Sch.Bip. image
Photographer: Robert W. Freckmann           

Botanical Illustration
Botanical Illustration
Janice Stiefel
Family Asteraceae
Tanacetum parthenium (L.) Sch.Bip.
feverfew
Tanacetum: from the medieval Latin name tanazita, in turn derived from Greek athanasia, "immortality," of uncertain application to this taxa
parthenium: Greek parthenos for "virgin" referring to infertile disk flowers
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Status: Introduced - escaped
Plant: perennial forb
Flower: head white
(Glossary)

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Synonyms 
Chrysanthemum parthenium (L.) Bernh.
Matricaria parthenium L.

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