Feverfew

Growth habit

Herbaceous

Perennation

Long-lived perennial

Native distribution

Eastern Europe

Biocultural value

Used as a treatment for fevers and headaches for over 2000 years, modern research indicates its effectiveness against migrains.

Location

Robison Herb Garden

Source of plant

Richters

Description

Aromatic perennial, to 60cm. Leaves 2.5-8cm, ovate, 1-2-pinnatisect, segments 1-3.5cm, in 3-5 pairs, pubescent, glandular punctate, petiolate, margin crenate or entire, upper leaves reduced, less divided. Capitula 5-20, in dense corymbs; involucre 5-7mm diameter; phyllaries lanceolate, apex narrowly scarious; ray florets to 7mm, 12-20, white. Fruit to 2mm, 5-8-ribbed; pappus corona lobed.

USDA Hardiness Zone

5

Special characteristics

medicinal/pharmaceutical