Tanacetum parthenium |
Tanacetum balsamita |
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common feverfew, featherfew, feverfew, feverfew tansy |
chrysanthème balsamique, costmary |
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Habit | Perennials, (20–)30–60(–80) cm. | Perennials, 30–80(–120) cm. |
Stems | 1–3+ (ridged), erect, branched (usually glabrous proximally, puberulent distally). |
1, erect, simple or branched (strigose, glabrate). |
Leaves | mainly cauline; petiolate; blades ovate to rounded-deltate, 4–10+ × 1.5–4 cm, usually 1–2-pinnately lobed (primary lobes 3–5+ pairs, ± ovate), ultimate margins pinnatifid to dentate, faces (at least abaxial) usually puberulent, gland-dotted. |
basal and cauline; petiolate (proximal) or sessile (distal); blades (basal and proximal cauline) mostly elliptic to oblong, 10–20 × 2–8 cm, usually not pinnately lobed (sometimes with 1–4+ lateral lobes near bases), margins ± crenate, faces usually silvery strigose or sericeous (at least when young), glabrescent, ± gland-dotted. |
Involucres | 5–7 mm diam. |
(3–)5–8(–10) mm diam. (phyllaries 40–60+ in 3–4+ series, tips usually ± dilated). |
Receptacles | flat to convex. |
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Ray florets | 10–21+ (more in “doubles”), pistillate, fertile; corollas white, laminae 2–8(–12) mm. |
usually 0 [sometimes 12–15, pistillate, fertile; corollas white, laminae 4–6+ mm]. |
Disc corollas | ca. 2 mm. |
ca. 2 mm. |
Heads | 5–20(–30) in corymbiform arrays. |
(3–)10–60+ in corymbiform arrays. |
Cypselae | ± columnar, 1–2 mm, 5–10-ribbed; pappi 0 or coroniform, 0.1–0.2+ mm. |
± columnar, 1.5–2 mm, 5–8-ribbed (with non-mucilaginous glands); pappi coroniform, 0.1–0.4 mm (entire or ± toothed). |
2n | = 18. |
= 18, 54. |
Tanacetum parthenium |
Tanacetum balsamita |
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Phenology | Flowering Jun–Nov. | Flowering Aug–Sep. |
Habitat | Disturbed sites, urban areas, roadsides, fields, abandoned plantings | Disturbed sites, abandoned plantings |
Elevation | 10–1900 m (0–6200 ft) | 0–1800 m (0–5900 ft) |
Distribution |
AL; CO; CT; DE; ID; IL; IN; KY; MA; MD; ME; MI; MO; MS; MT; NC; NH; NJ; NV; NY; OH; OR; PA; RI; SC; UT; VT; WA; WI; WV; WY; BC; ON; Eurasia; n Africa; widely naturalized in New World and Old World [Introduced in North America]
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CA; CO; CT; DE; ID; IL; IN; KS; MA; MD; ME; MI; MO; MT; NH; NV; NY; OH; OR; PA; RI; SD; UT; VT; WA; WI; WY; NS; ON; QC; SK; Asia [Introduced in North America]
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Discussion | Tanacetum parthenium is widely cultivated throughout North America. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 19, p. 490. | FNA vol. 19, p. 490. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Anthemideae > Tanacetum | Asteraceae > tribe Anthemideae > Tanacetum |
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Synonyms | Matricaria parthenium, Chrysanthemum parthenium | Balsamita major, Chrysanthemum balsamita, Chrysanthemum balsamita var. tanacetoides, Pyrethrum majus |
Name authority | (Linnaeus) Schultz-Bipontinus: Tanaceteen, 55. (1844) | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 845. (1753) |
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