Tanacetum cinerariifolium, (Trev.) Schultz Bip.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1976, Flora Europaea. Volume 4. Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae), Cambridge University Press : 171

14. T. cinerariifolium (Trev.) Schultz Bip. , Tanacet. 58 (1844)

( Pyrethrum cinerariifolium Trev. ).

Caespitose, silvery-grey, sericeous perennial. Stems 15-45 cm. Leaves pinnatipartite, glandular-punctate; basal 10-20 cm, petiolate, lanceolate to oblong, the segments pinnatisect to palmatisect, narrowly lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate; cauline similar butshortly petiolate. Capitula solitary; involucre 12-18 mm. Ligulate florets white, female; ligules 8-16 mm. Achenes 2-5-3-5 mm, 5- to 7-ribbed. Pappus an irregularly lobed corona 0-6-1 mm. Rocky ground. • W. Jugoslavia and Albania; cultivated elsewhere in S.E. & E. C. Europe as an insecticide, and locally naturalized. Al Ju [Au Hs Hu It Rs (W, K, E)].