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Tanacetum parthenium

Tanacetum

featherfew, feverfew

tansy
Habit Highly aromatic, branching perennial, 2-8 dm. tall, covered with fine, white-woolly hairs.
Leaves

Leaves yellow-green, once or twice pinnate, the segments broad.

Flowers

Heads in few-flowered umbels at the ends of the branches; disk 10-25 mm. wide;

ray flowers white, occasionally wanting, 4-10 mm. long and nearly as wide;

disk flowers numerous, yellow.

Tanacetum parthenium

Tanacetum
Flowering time June-November
Habitat Roadsides, fields, wastelots, and other distrubed areas at low elevations.
Distribution
Occurring in scattered locations on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to Nevada, east to the Rocky Mountains.
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Origin Introduced from Europe Native
Conservation status Not of concern Not of concern
Sibling taxa
T. balsamita, T. bipinnatum, T. vulgare
Subordinate taxa
T. balsamita, T. bipinnatum, T. parthenium, T. vulgare
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