Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Tanacetum vulgare
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
Read more about Common Tansy at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Tanacetum vulgare
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Tanacetum vulgare
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Tanacetum vulgare
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Tanacetum vulgare
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-85-001:
Tanacetum vulgare FAMILY Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Tanacetum vulgare
COMMON NAME:
Common Tansy, Golden-buttons, Garden Tansy
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_tavu_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm090925_019
September Hancock County ME
Acadia National Park
The strongly aromatic foliage is smooth, the leaves bipinnately dissected, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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September Hancock County ME
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September Hancock County ME
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JK Marlow jkm090925_058
September Hancock County ME
The numerous disk flowers are in dense, flattish, button-like, 3/8" heads, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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September Hancock County ME
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September Hancock County ME
An old-time garden herb that has escaped to roadsides and waste ground, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Tanacetum vulgare
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Tanacetum vulgare
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Tanacetum vulgare
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Tanacetum vulgare
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Tanacetum vulgare
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-85-001:
Tanacetum vulgare
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Tanacetum vulgare
1485
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Eurasia
Rare in NC
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LEAVES:
Simple: 2-pinnately dissected
Basal & alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: Yellow
Rays: Absent
Disc flowers bisexual
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Brown
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p426
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p130
- Wildflowers in the Field and Forest: Northeastern US (Clemants & Gracie, 2006) p182
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p183