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Asteraceae

Pyrethum daisy

Tanacetum coccineum (Willd.) Grierson

Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Tanacetum

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Pyrethum daisy (Tanacetum coccineum)
Photo: Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (28)
Arabic
أقحوان قرمزي, الأقحوان القرمزي
Armenian
Լվածաղիկ մուգ կարմիր
arz
اقحوان قرمزى
Basque
Piretro
Bulgarian
Червена пижма
Catalan
Piretre, Pyrethrum
Chinese
除虫菊, 除蟲菊, 红花除虫菊, 匹菊属, 红花除蟲菊
English
Pyrethum daisy, Pyrethrum
Esperanto
Piretro
Estonian
Roosa neitsikummel, Roosa püreeter
Finnish
Punapietaryrtti, Punapäivänkakkara
French
Pyrèthre rose
German
Pyrethrum
Greek
Πύρεθρο
Indonesian
Piretrum
io
Piretro
Irish
Pioratram
Italian
Piretro
Japanese
アカバナムシヨケギク, アカバナジョチュウギク, アカムシヨケギク, ペルシアジョチュウギク(波斯除虫菊)
Kinyarwanda
Ibireti
Malayalam
പൈറിത്രം, Pyrethrum
Norwegian Bokmål
Pyrethrum
Persian
گل حشرهکش, پیرتروم, گل حشره کش
Polish
Pyretrum
Portuguese
Piretro
Russian
Пиретрум, Pyrethrum
Slovenian
Bolhač
Swedish
Rosenkrage

Synonyms

  • Chrysanthemum carneum (M.Bieb.) Parsa
  • Chrysanthemum carneum Steud.
  • Chrysanthemum coccineum Willd.
  • Chrysanthemum coronopifolium Willd.Herb. ex Boiss.
  • Chrysanthemum marschallii Asch. ex O.Hoffm.
  • Chrysanthemum marschallii Asch.
  • Chrysanthemum roseum Adams
  • Chrysanthemum roseum (M.Bieb.) Parsa
  • Pyrethrum carneum M.Bieb.
  • Pyrethrum coccineum (Willd.) Vorosch.
  • Pyrethrum coccineum Tzvelev
  • Pyrethrum roseum var. adamii Trautv.
  • Pyrethrum roseum var. roseum
  • Tanacetum coccineum subsp. carneum (M.Bieb.) Grierson

Flowers

In flower
June to July (from 7 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.