made of dried flower heads of pyrethrum plants

white-flowered pyrethrum of Balkan area whose pinnate leaves are white and silky-hairy below; source of an insecticide; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum

[ Syn: dalmatian pyrethrum , dalmatia pyrethrum , tanacetum cinerariifolium , chrysanthemum cinerariifolium ]

spring-flowering garden perennial of Asiatic origin having finely divided aromatic leaves and white to pink-purple flowers; source of an insecticide; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum

[ Syn: painted daisy , tanacetum coccineum , chrysanthemum coccineum ]

used in former classifications for plants later placed in genus Chrysanthemum and now often included in genus Tanacetum

[ Syn: pyrethrum , genus pyrethrum ]