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featherfew, feverfew

Habit Plants 2–6+ dm.
Leaves

ovate to lanceolate in outline, 2–12 × 1–4 cm;

margins often dentate, 1–2–pinnately lobed;

surfaces glabrous or minutely pilose;

primary lobes in 2–3(4) pairs; secondary lobes ovate to oblanceolate.

Involucres

3–3.5 × 5–12 mm.

Ray florets

10–40;

rays 3–6 mm, white.

Disc florets

corollas 1–3 mm, yellow.

Phyllaries

with chartaceous margins; inner not membranetipped.

Fruits

1–2 mm, brown, glabrous, 5–8-ribbed;

pappi 0 or of low crowns.

Heads

5–25;

peduncles 1–10 cm, glabrous or puberulent.

2n

=18.

Tanacetum parthenium

Distribution
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Discussion

Woodlands, riverbanks, roadsides, disturbed areas. Flowering Jun–Oct. 0–1200 m. Lava, Sisk, WV. ID, NV, WA; widely scattered in North America; worldwide. Exotic.

Source Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 360
Kenton Chambers
Sibling taxa
T. balsamita, T. bipinnatum, T. vulgare
Synonyms Chrysanthemum parthenium
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