Distribution: Occurring in scattered locations on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to Nevada, east to the Rocky Mountains.
Habitat: Roadsides, fields, wastelots, and other distrubed areas at low elevations.
Flowers: June-November
Origin: Introduced from Europe
Growth Duration: Perennial
Conservation Status: Not of concern
Pollination: Bees, wasps, moths
Highly aromatic, branching perennial, 2-8 dm. tall, covered with fine, white-woolly hairs.
Leaves yellow-green, once or twice pinnate, the segments broad.
Heads in few-flowered umbels at the ends of the branches; disk 10-25 mm. wide; ray flowers white, occasionally wanting, 4-10 mm. long and nearly as wide; disk flowers numerous, yellow.
PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Tanacetum parthenium in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database
WA Flora Checklist: Tanacetum parthenium checklist entry
OregonFlora: Tanacetum parthenium information
E-Flora BC: Tanacetum parthenium atlas page
CalPhotos: Tanacetum parthenium photos