Tanacetum parthenium |
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featherfew, feverfew |
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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 |
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Distribution | |
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 |
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Synonyms | Chrysanthemum parthenium |
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