Feverfew - Tanacetum parthenium
800 Seeds
Sow in Spring
Hardy perennial.
Height 60cm-1.2m (2-4ft), spread 45cm (18in)
Prefers a dry, well-drained soil in a sunny position with partial shade.
Sow spring-autumn at 15-20o C. Cover the seed very lightly and keep moist. Multisow into plugs for transplanting or sow onto a seed tray and prick out in small clumps.
Feverfew is branched with many finely, slightly downy, ridged, round, green stems. Small loose clusters of single white daisy-like flowers with flat, yellow centres appearing from midsummer. (Their flat centres distinguish them from chamomile, which have conical ones). The leaves are strongly scented, hairless, alternate, yellowish-green and approximately 4ins long.
Feverfew
Also known as Featherfew and Febrifuge plant.
From the family Asteraceae.
Feverfew comes from the Latin fetrifugia, meaning 'driver out of fevers'. For more than 2,000 years, feverfew was a folk medicine taken internally for fevers, headache, menstrual regulation or applied externally to relieve pain. Nowadays it is used in the treatment of migraines, its success may be due to its accumulative effect in slowly reducing the smooth muscle spasms, which are implicated in many forms of migraine.