Plant Details

Accepted name:: Tanacetum parthenium (L.) Sch.Bip. [Asteraceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
acetilla	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
alfinetes de senhora	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
altamisa	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) MHT. 103 Especies Vegetales (Ministero de Salud, Chile, 2010) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
altamisa mexicana	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
altamiza	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
altamza	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
amargosa	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
artemijio	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
artemijo	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
artemisa	Other	MHT. 103 Especies Vegetales (Ministero de Salud, Chile, 2010)
artemísia	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
artmija	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
arċmisa	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Tanacetum parthenium, herb. (2009)
babouneh-gāv-cheshm	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
bachelor's buttons	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
boulet	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
bouton d'argent	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
callimanzanilla	Other	Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
caltemesha	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
camamieri	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
camomilla	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
camomille grande	Other	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
camoumida	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
camsumilha	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
canamelha	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
dhata manzanilla	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
feather-fully	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
featherfew	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
featherfoil	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
febrifuge plant	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
feverfew	Other	British Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacop. 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) EMA Com. Monog.: Tanacetum parthenium, herb. (2009) Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 32 (2008) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 43 (2020) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024)
feverfew tansy	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
flirtwort	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
glitbrá	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Tanacetum parthenium, herb. (2009)
gole babooneh	Other	Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
grande camomile	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
grande camomille	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
grande camomille (parties aériennes de)	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Tanacetum parthenium, herb. (2009)
herba tanaceti parthenii	Pharmaceutical	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
hierba de santa maría	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
hierba santa	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
hierba santa maria	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
iarbă de spilcuţă	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Tanacetum parthenium, herb. (2009)
lõhnava neitsikummeli ürt	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Tanacetum parthenium, herb. (2009)
manzanilla	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
manzanilla alemana	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
manzanilla grande	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
manzanilla romana	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
mastranzo	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
matrem	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Tanacetum parthenium, herb. (2009)
matricaria	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) MHT. 103 Especies Vegetales (Ministero de Salud, Chile, 2010) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
matricaria, partes aéreas de	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Tanacetum parthenium, herb. (2009)
matricariacomum	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
matricariae herba	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
matricária	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Tanacetum parthenium, herb. (2009)
mattram	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Tanacetum parthenium, herb. (2009) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
meiteņu zeltpīpenītes laksti	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Tanacetum parthenium, herb. (2009)
midsummer daisy	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
moederkruid	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Tanacetum parthenium, herb. (2009) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
mutterkraut	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Tanacetum parthenium, herb. (2009) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
natsushirogiku	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
nať kopretiny řimbaby	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Tanacetum parthenium, herb. (2009)
oqhovān	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
partenio	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
piretrum devičij	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
pyrethrum parthenium	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
pyrèthre doré	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
rkiza	Other	Wild Med. Pl. in M'Sila, Algeria (Boudjelal et al., 2013)
santa maria	Other	Med. Pl. by Health Professionals, Mexico (Alonso-Castro et al., 2017)
santa maria de méxico, hojas	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
santa maria, hierba	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
santa maría	Other	Med. Pl. at Markets in S Ecuador (Tinitana et al., 2016) Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007)
santa maría mexicana, hierba	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)
santa maría, hierba	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)
santamaria	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
santamaría	Other	Med. Pl. from Tlanchinol, Mexico (Andrade-Cetto, 2009)
skaistenių žolė	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Tanacetum parthenium, herb. (2009)
spanish pellitory	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
tanaceti parthenii herba	Pharmaceutical	EMA Com. Monog.: Tanacetum parthenium, herb. (2009) European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
tanaceto (matricale) parti aeree	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Tanacetum parthenium, herb. (2009)
tanatseto	Other	Herbal Market of Cyprus (Karousou & Deirmentzoglou, 2011)
varadika	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
vettervoo	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
vňať rimbaby obyčajnej	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Tanacetum parthenium, herb. (2009)
werqa tal-arċmisa	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Tanacetum parthenium, herb. (2009)
zel belega vratiča	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Tanacetum parthenium, herb. (2009)
ziele maruny	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Tanacetum parthenium, herb. (2009)
âghovân	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
őszi margitvirág virágos hajtás	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Tanacetum parthenium, herb. (2009)
παρθένιον	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Tanacetum parthenium, herb. (2009)
моминска вратига, стрък	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Tanacetum parthenium, herb. (2009)
اقحوان	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
بابونه گاو چشم	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
aerial parts		British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
Leaf		Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007)
Flowers		Wild Med. Pl. in M'Sila, Algeria (Boudjelal et al., 2013)
whole plant		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
herba		EMA Com. Monog.: Tanacetum parthenium, herb. (2009)
leaf	dried leaves	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
Leaf, aerial parts		Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Flower		Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Stem, Leaf, Herb		WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019)
leaves, inﬂorescences		Herbal Market of Cyprus (Karousou & Deirmentzoglou, 2011)
flowers, leaves		Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
aerial parts		Med. Pl. by Health Professionals, Mexico (Alonso-Castro et al., 2017)
aerial parts, leaf		Med. Pl. from Tlanchinol, Mexico (Andrade-Cetto, 2009)
Branch		Med. Pl. at Markets in S Ecuador (Tinitana et al., 2016)
leaf, aerial part, stem, flower		Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
flower		Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
herb, leaf, stem		WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024)
leaves		U.S. Pharmacop. USP 43 (2020)
leaf, aerial parts	dried leaf or dried aerial parts	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
leaf, herb		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
aerial parts	dried, whole or fragmented aerial parts	British Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
leaf	dried leaf	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 32 (2008)
aerial parts	dried, whole or fragmented aerial parts	European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007)
aerial parts	whole or fragmented aerial parts	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
aerial parts	Dried, whole or fragmented aerial parts	European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)
leaf	dried leaves	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 37 (2013)
partes aéreas		MHT. 103 Especies Vegetales (Ministero de Salud, Chile, 2010)
partes aéreas	partes aéreas secas completas, partes aéreas secas fragmentadas	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 29 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Chrysanthemum parthenium (L.) Bernh. Syst. Verz. Erf.: 145 (1800).
Pyrethrum parthenium (L.) Sm. Fl. Brit. 2: 900 (1800).
Chamaemelum parthenium (L.) E.H.L.Krause in J.W.Sturm, Deutschl. Fl. 13: 205 (1905).
Chrysanthemum parthenium var. discoideum Lej. in A.L.S.Lejeune & R.J.Courtois, Comp. Fl. Belg. 3: 148 (1836).
Chrysanthemum parthenium f. flosculosum (DC.) Beck Fl. Nieder-Österreich: 1204 (1893).
Dendranthema parthenium (L.) Des Moul. Actes Soc. Linn. Bordeaux 20: 561 (1855).
Leucanthemum odoratum Dulac Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées: 504 (1867), nom. superfl.
Leucanthemum parthenium (L.) Godr. & Gren. Fl. France Corse 2: 145 (1850).
Leucanthemum parthenium var. flosculosum St.-Lag. in A.Cariot, Étude Fl., éd. 8, 2: 481 (1889).
Leucanthemum parthenium var. flosculosum (DC.) St.-Lag. in A.Cariot, Étude Fl., éd. 8, 2: 481 (1889).
Matricaria alba Voss Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 509 (1894), pro syn.
Matricaria eximia Voss Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 509 (1894), pro syn.
Matricaria florida Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 203 (1796).
Matricaria latifolia Gilib. Fl. Lit. Inch. 1: 220 (1782), opus utique oppr.
Matricaria odorata Lam. Fl. Franç. 2: 136 (1779).
Matricaria parthenium L. Sp. Pl.: 890 (1753).
Matricaria vulgaris Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 454 (1821 publ. 1822).
Parthenium matricaria Gueldenst. Reis. Russland 2: 25 (1791), not validly publ.
Parthenium matricaria Gesn. ex Rupr. Fl. Ingrica: 583 (1856).
Pontia matricaria Bubani Fl. Pyren. 2: 220 (1899).
Pyrethrum eximium Voss Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 509 (1894), pro syn.
Pyrethrum glanduliferum Sommier & Levier Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 2: 87 (1895).
Pyrethrum grossheimii Sosn. Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 44(2): 243 (1927).
Pyrethrum partheniifolium aureum Jacob-Makoy Nursery Cat. (L. Jacob-Makoy & Co.) 114: 84 (1870).
Pyrethrum parthenium eximium T.Moore Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 1: 322 (1860).
Pyrethrum parthenium var. flosculosum DC. Fl. Franç., ed. 3, 4: 183 (1805).
Pyrethrum parthenium var. multiplex N.H.F.Desp. Fl. Sarthe: 130 (1838).
Tanacetum glanduliferum (Sommier & Levier) K.Bremer & Humphries Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. (London), Bot. 23: 102 (1993).
Tanacetum grossheimii (Sosn.) Muradyan Biol. Zhurn. Armenii 23: 90 (1970).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Chrisanthmum parthenium L.	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016)
Chrysanthemum parthenium	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. Mexico (Heinrich et al., 1998) Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Chrysanthemum parthenium (L.) Bernh.	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009) Wild Med. Pl. in M'Sila, Algeria (Boudjelal et al., 2013)
Chrysanthemum parthenium Bernhardi	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Pyrethrum parthenium (L.) Smith	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Tanacetum parthenium	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Herbal Market of Cyprus (Karousou & Deirmentzoglou, 2011) Med. Fitoterápicos no Brasil (Carvalho et al., 2008) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Tanacetum parthenium (L) Schultz Bip.	British Pharmacop. 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
Tanacetum parthenium (L) Shultz-Bip.	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
Tanacetum parthenium (L.) Sch. Bip.	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. at Markets in S Ecuador (Tinitana et al., 2016) Med. Pl. by Health Professionals, Mexico (Alonso-Castro et al., 2017) Med. Pl. from Tlanchinol, Mexico (Andrade-Cetto, 2009) Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007) Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013) Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
Tanacetum parthenium (L.) Sch.Bip.	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) MHT. 103 Especies Vegetales (Ministero de Salud, Chile, 2010) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 43 (2020) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Tanacetum parthenium (L.) Schultz Bi	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
Tanacetum parthenium (L.) Schultz Bip.	British Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
Tanacetum parthenium (L.) Schultz-Bip.	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
Tanacetum parthenium (L.) Schultz-bip.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Tanacetum parthenium (L.) Schulz Bip.	EMA Com. Monog.: Tanacetum parthenium, herb. (2009)
Tanacetum parthenium (Linne) Schultz-Bip.	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 32 (2008)
Tanacetum parthenium L.	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)

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