
Feverfew
This herbaceous plant with scented leaves and daisy like flowers was about a foot tall. The bright yellow disc florets were tubular while the ray florets had white squarish petals.
Spotted growing in cheerful little blotches on an otherwise desolate paddock - suburban garden block.

Tanacetum parthenium, feverfew, is a flowering plant in the daisy family Asteraceae. It is a traditional medicinal herb which is commonly used to prevent migraine headaches, and is also occasionally grown for ornament.
Similar species: Asterales
By Leuba Ridgway
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Uploaded Apr 4, 2020. Captured Mar 26, 2020 12:22 in 9 Rose St, Upper Ferntree Gully VIC 3156, Australia.
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