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| Photos by Renee Brecht | Britton and Brown. See
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| Botanical name: |
Tanacetum vulgare L. |
| Common
name: |
common tansy |
| Synonomy: | Chrysanthemum vulgare (L.) Bernh.
Tanacetum boreale Fisch. ex DC.
Tanacetum vulgare L. var. crispum DC. |
| Group: |
dicot |
| Family: |
Asteraceae |
| Growth
Type: |
forb/herb |
| Duration: |
perennial |
| Origin: |
introduced |
| Plant
height: |
1-4' |
| Foliage: |
finely divided compound leaves, alternate |
| Flowers: |
yellow, buttonlike flowers |
| Flowering/fruiting time: |
mid to late summer |
| Habitat: |
roadsides, vacant lots |
| Range
in
New Jersey: |
statewide
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| Heritage ranking if any: |
n/a |
| Distribution: |
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| Misc.: |
native to Eurasia; invasive in some areas.
Strongly aromatic.
Tansy has been used in traditional ethnomedicine.
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Sources
**USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 3: 522. |
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