Botanical Name: Tanacetum parthenium
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Common Name: Feverfew  
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  • Anatomy

  • Culture

  • Design

Plant Type

Perennial

 

Height Range

Under 1'

 

Flower Color

White

 

Flower Season

Summer

 

Leaf Color

Green

 

Bark Color

n/a

 

Fruit Color

n/a

 

Fruit Season

n/a

Information by: Stephanie Duer
Photographer: Linda Engstrom
  • Description

  • Notes

Feverfew is a vigorous perennial that, while short-lived, tends to live on in the garden through re-seeding. It has an generally upright, mounded, though irregular habit, growing to about 8 to 12 inches tall and 12 to 18 or more inches wide. Leaves are deeply lobed, and emerge a bright green, aging to a deeper green during the summer months. A profusion of button-sized, pure white daisy-like flowers with yellow eyes bloom June to August. Foliage is aromatic if crushed. A lovely cut flower, and the act of removing flowers lessens the profusion of seed. Well suited to a naturally-styled landscape, or something a little wild or meadow-like. Very charming flower.