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 ]