Feverfew July 21, 2013

Feverfew is a member of the Chrysanthemum family.  It reseeds freely.  This is a very useful herb.  It reduces fever and cures migraine headaches.  The young leaves and the unopened flowers are the parts of the plant that are most potent.

Above and below, unopened flowers are very potent.

There are a thousand seeds in the yellow head of this flower.  They are as tiny as dust, and they blow everywhere when the flower head dries.