skip navigation, jump to main contentDorothy Bradley Atkins Medicinal Plant Garden, College of Pharmacy, UIC

Pyrethrum; Dalmatian Chrysanthemum (Tanacetum cinerariaefolium (Trevis.) Sch. Bip.)

Family: Compositae

Medicinal uses: A source of natural insecticides; widely used in agriculture and for domestic purposes. Mosquito stick. Pyrethrin

Part used medicinally: Flowerheads

Native origin: Mediterr.

Tanacetum cinerariaefolium (Trevis.) Sch. Bip.

Tanacetum cinerariaefolium (Trevis.) Sch. Bip.

Photos: D. Doel Soejarto, PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago