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Definition of Bastard feverfew
1. Noun. Tropical American annual weed with small radiate heads of white flowers; adventive in southern United States.
Exact synonyms: Parthenium Hysterophorus
Group relationships: Genus Parthenium, Parthenium
Generic synonyms: Weed
Group relationships: Genus Parthenium, Parthenium
Generic synonyms: Weed
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bastard Feverfew
Literary usage of Bastard feverfew
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hortus Kewensis; Or, A Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal by William Aiton (1813)
"... or bastard feverfew. Nat. of Jamaica. Cull. 1726, by Mr. Ph. Miller. RS n.
339. Fl. July and August. SQ 2. ..."
2. Plant Names, Scientific and Popular, Including in the Case of Each Plant the by Albert Brown Lyons (1900)
"West Indies- to southeastern US bastard feverfew, Indian Mugwort, Wild Wormwood,
White-head (W. Indies), Brown-bush. Plant tonic, febrifuge, emmenagogue. ..."