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Tanacetum parthenium

Double-flowered form. Hutt River north of Stokes Valley, Lower Hutt.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 27/01/2007, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Tanacetum parthenium.<br>Photographer: John Smith-Dodsworth, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

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Common names

feverfew

Biostatus

Exotic

Structural class

Herbs - Dicotyledonous composites

Flower colours

White, Yellow

Habitat

Dry soils, waste places, road sides. Introduced from Europe, feverfew is now a common garden plant. It can be cultivated in all parts of New Zealand.

Conservation status

Not applicable

Detailed taxonomy

Family

Asteraceae

Authority

Tanacetum parthenium (L.) Sch.Bip.

Ecology

Year naturalised

1875

Origin

Balkan Peninsula

Reason for introduction

Herbal remedy, ornamental

Life cycle and dispersal

Perennial

Other information

NVS code

The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.

TANPAR

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