Tanacetum aucheri, Dusty Miller, Feverfew,
Tansy, בן-חרצית דק-עלה
 
Scientific name:  Tanacetum aucheri DC.
Common name:   Dusty Miller, Feverfew, Tansy
Hebrew name:  בן-חרצית דק-עלה
Family:  Compositae / Asteraceae, מורכבים

Flora, Israel, flowers, native plants. Plant family
Date Picture Taken: April 17, 2008

 
Life form:  Hemicryptophyte
Leaves:  Rosette, dissected once
Flowers:  Yellow
Flowering Period:   July, August
Habitat:   Tragacanth shrub vegetation
Distribution:   Montane vegetation of Mt. Hermon
Chorotype:   Oro Mediterranean
Summer shedding:  Ephemeral

Tanacetum aucheri, Dusty Miller, Feverfew, Tansy, בן-חרצית דק-עלה
Date Picture Taken: April 17, 2008


Derivation of the botanical name:
Tanacetum, from the medieval Latin name Tanazita, in turn derived from Greek athanasia, "immortality," of uncertain application to this taxa.
aucheri, named for Pierre Martin Rémi Aucher-Éloy (1792 – 1838), a French pharmacist and botanist.
  • The standard author abbreviation DC. is used to indicate Augustin Pyramus de Candolle (1778 – 1841), a Swiss botanist.

Tanacetum aucheri, Dusty Miller, Feverfew, Tansy, בן-חרצית דק-עלה
Date Picture Taken: April 17, 2008