Scientific Name: Tanacetum parthenium
Common Name: feverfew
Family Name: Asteraceae
Origin: Europe
Hardiness Zone: Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C)
Plant Type: Herbaceous perennial, Invasive plant
Mature Size: 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width)
Habit: Upright
Form: Mounded, Vase
Texture: Medium
Landscape Uses: Medicinal plant, Summer interest
Exposure: Full sun
Soil or Media:
Leaves: Compound, Alternate, Succulent, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Odd-pinnate, Ovate, Incised
Flowers: Head (capitulum), White, Yellow, Jun-Jul-Aug-Sep
Fruit: Achene, Brown, Sep-Oct
Key ID Features:
Leaves pinnately lobed nearly to the midrib, citrus scented, 5-8cm long, flower heads with white ray corollas and button-like yellow disk florets, about 2cm wide, arranged in corymbs.