Asteraceae

Feverfew

Tanacetum parthenium (L.) Sch.Bip.

Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Tanacetum

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Feverfew (Tanacetum parthenium) — FlowerPhoto: Neil Clark, CC0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (35)

ang: Adreminte
Arabic: أقحوان زهرة الذهب
arz: اقحوان زهرة الذهب
Asturian: Artemisa de flor blanca
Belarusian: Пірэтрум дзявочы
Catalan: Segura, Botonets, Grande camomille
Chinese: 短舌匹菊, 伞房匹菊
Croatian: Povratić
Czech: Řimbaba obecná
Danish: Matrem
Dutch: Moederkruid
English: Feverfew, Featherfew
Estonian: Lõhnav neitsikummel, Lõhnav püreeter
Finnish: Reunuspietaryrtti, Reunuspäivänkakkara
French: Grande camomille, Partenelle, Pyrèthre doré
German: Mutterkraut, Fieberkraut, Grande camomille, Zierkamille
gv: Bossan Pheddyr
Hungarian: Őszi margitvirág
Irish: Lus deartán
Japanese: ナツシロギク
Lithuanian: Grande camomille
Macedonian: Дива камилица
Norwegian Bokmål: Matrem
pdc: Meederle
Persian: بابونه گاوی, بابونه اروپایی, بابونهٔ گاوی
Polish: Wrotycz maruna
Quechua: Santa Mariya
Romanian: Spilcuță, Spilcuţă
Russian: Пижма девичья, Aphanostephus pinulensis, Пиретрум девичий
Slovak: Rimbaba obyčajná, Chrysantheim parthenium
Slovenian: Beli vratič, Materine drobtinice
Spanish: Artemiza, Chapote, Cochitzapotl, Flor de la calentura, Flor de santos, Gamaza, Hierba de altamira, Madrehuela doble
Swedish: Mattram, Grande camomille
vec: Maresina, Maresìna
Welsh: Wermod wen

Synonyms

Chamaemelum parthenium (L.) E.H.L.Krause
Chrysanthemum parthenifolium Pers.
Chrysanthemum parthenifolium f. parthenifolium
Chrysanthemum parthenifolium f. sanguineum Parsa
Chrysanthemum parthenium (L.) Pers.
Chrysanthemum parthenium (L.) Bernh.
Chrysanthemum praealtum Vent.
Dendranthema parthenium (L.) Des Moul.
Leucanthemum odoratum Dulac
Leucanthemum parthenium Gren. & Godr.
Matricaria latifolia Gilib.
Matricaria parthenium L.
Parthenium matricaria Gueldenst.
Parthenium matricaria Gesn. ex Rupr.
Pontia matricaria Bubani
Pyrethrum buschianum Sosn.
Pyrethrum demetrii Manden.
Pyrethrum divaricatum (Sosn.) Sosn.
Pyrethrum glanduliferum Sommier & Levier
Pyrethrum grossheimii Sosn.
Pyrethrum latilobum (Sosn.) Sosn.
Pyrethrum matricaria Gesn. ex Rupr.
Pyrethrum parthenifolium Willd.
Pyrethrum parthenium (L.) J.E.Smith
Pyrethrum parthenium (L.) Sm.
Pyrethrum persicum Boiss.
Pyrethrum sericeum var. divaricatum (Sosn.) Sosn.
Pyrethrum sevanense Sosn. ex Grossh.
Tanacetum grossheimii (Sosn.) Muradyan
Tanacetum partheniifolium Sch.Bip.
Tanacetum parthenium var. praealtum (Vent.) B.Bock
Tanacetum persicum (Boiss.) Mozaff.

Flowers

In flower: June to October (from 1,232 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

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

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Neil Clark, CC0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Vasileia Sef, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Ryan Donnelly, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Holly Hodges, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Steven Bodzin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Photo: Norma Piedra, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: spoonbilling, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Jon Sullivan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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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.