Taxon: Tanacetum parthenium (L.) Sch. Bip.

Common names:

• feverfew   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• grande camomile   (Source: Zander Ency ) – French
  
• pyrèthre doré   (Source: L Noms French ed7 ) – French
  
• Mutterkraut   (Source: Zander Ency ) – German
  
• piretrum devičij   (Source: Mansf Ency ) – Transliterated Russian
  
• altamisa   (Source: CRC MedHerbs ) – Spanish
  
• mattram   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide F Eur; Dict Gard)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide F Eur; F Turk; Ency CNatIn; CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2)
  

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View phytochemical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Western Asia: Turkey
  Caucasus: Armenia; Azerbaijan; Georgia; Russian Federation - Ciscaucasia
• EUROPE
  Middle Europe: Czech Republic
  East Europe: Ukraine - Krym
  Southeastern Europe: Albania; Bulgaria; Croatia; Greece; Macedonia; Montenegro; Serbia
  Southwestern Europe: Portugal

• AFRICA
  Macaronesia: Portugal - Azores, Madeira Islands; Spain - Canary Islands
  Northern Africa: Algeria; Libya; Morocco
• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Western Asia: Afghanistan; Cyprus; Iran; Iraq; Lebanon
  Middle Asia: Turkmenistan
• AUSTRALASIA
  Australia: Australia - New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria
  New Zealand: New Zealand
• EUROPE
  Northern Europe: Denmark; Ireland; Norway; Sweden; United Kingdom
  Middle Europe: Austria; Belgium; Germany; Netherlands; Poland; Switzerland
  East Europe: Belarus; Estonia; Moldova; Russian Federation - European part; Ukraine
  Southeastern Europe: Bosnia and Herzegovina; Italy [incl. Sardinia, Sicily]; Romania
  Southwestern Europe: France [incl. Corsica]; Spain
• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Eastern Canada: Canada - Ontario
  Western Canada: Canada - British Columbia
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Illinois, Missouri, Wisconsin
  Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Alabama, Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - Nevada, Utah
  Northern Mexico: Mexico - Baja Norte, Baja Sur, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi, Sonora, Tamaulipas
  Southern Mexico: Mexico - Chiapas, Federal District, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Mexico, Michoacan, Morelos, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Tlaxcala
• PACIFIC
  North-Central Pacific: United States - Hawaii
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Caribbean: Cuba; Hispaniola
  Northern South America: Venezuela
  Western South America: Ecuador; Peru
  Southern South America: Argentina; Chile; Uruguay

• EUROPE
  Middle Europe: Hungary; Slovakia
  East Europe: Latvia; Lithuania
  Southeastern Europe: Greece - Crete

• also cultivated

References:

• Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 98.
• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961–. Flora of New Zealand.
• Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45.
• Bremer, K. & C. J. Humphries. 1993. Generic monograph of the Asteraceae-Anthemideae. Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. London, Bot. 23(2):103.
• Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
• Demilly, D. et al. 2001. Liste alphabétique des principales espèces de plantes cultivées et de mauvaises herbes. Noms latins et noms français, ed. 7.
• Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs.
• Duke, J. A. 1985. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs.
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen.
• Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
• Foreman, D. B. & N. G. Walsh. 1993–. Flora of Victoria.
• Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6.
• Hokche, O. et al. 2008. Nuevo catálogo de la flora vascular de Venezola.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 4:432.
• Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
• Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares.
• Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75.
• Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia.
• Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2.
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2.
• Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963–. Flora iranica.
• Rzedowski, J. & G. Rzedowski, eds. 1991–. Flora del Bajio y de regiones adyacentes.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea.

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Tanacetum parthenium.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Tanacetum parthenium.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Tanacetum parthenium.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Chrysanthemum parthenium (L.) Bernh.
  (previously associated with 6 accessions)
• (=) Chrysanthemum praealtum Vent.
  (previously associated with 2 accessions)
• (≡) Leucanthemum parthenium (L.) Godr. & Gren.
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (=) "Matricaria eximia hort. ex Voss, nom. inval."
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (≡) Matricaria parthenium L. (basionym)
  

Check other web resources for Tanacetum parthenium (L.) Sch. Bip.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• Euro+Med Plantbase: Information Resource for Euro-Mediterranean Plant Diversity
• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
• AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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