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dune tansy

costmary

Habit Plants 1.5–5+ dm. Plants 3–8+ dm.
Leaves

oblanceolate or elliptic in outline, 3–35 × 2–10 cm;

margins often curled, 2–3-times pinnately lobed;

surfaces villous to woolly, sometimes glabrous;

primary lobes in 6–24 pairs; secondary lobes linear to ovate or obovate.

ovate-lanceolate or elliptic, 2–35 × 2–10 cm;

margins entire or few-lobed near bases;

surfaces glabrous or strigillose.

Involucres

4–5 × 8–22+ mm.

3–4 × 3–8 mm.

Ray florets

0–25;

rays 1–6 mm, yellow.

usually 0, rarely 12–15, 4–7 mm, white.

Disc florets

corollas 2–2.5 mm, yellow.

corollas 2–2.5 mm, yellow.

Phyllaries

with membranous margins; inner not membranetipped.

chartaceous-margined; inner often membranetipped.

Fruits

2–3 mm, tan;

gland-dotted, 3–5-ribbed, pappi of low crowns or a ring of scales.

1.5–2 mm, brown;

gland-dotted, often puberulent, 5–8-ribbed, pappi of low crowns.

Heads

2–20+;

peduncles 0.3–12 cm, villous.

3–60;

peduncles 0–8 mm;

surfaces strigillose.

2n

=54.

=18, 54.

Tanacetum bipinnatum

Tanacetum balsamita

Distribution
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Discussion

Dunes, sandy flats, bluffs, grassy slopes. Flowering May–Aug. 0–100 m. Est. CA, WA; north to AK, northeast to New­foundland; Asia, Europe. Native.

Formerly treated as T. camphoratum, this taxon, as well as the related T. huronense, has been combined into T. bipinnatum.

Roadsides, disturbed areas. Flowering Jul–Sep. 0–500 m. Col, WV. CA, ID, NV, WA; widely scattered in Canada and US; Asia, Europe. Exotic.

Source Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 360
Kenton Chambers
Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 360
Kenton Chambers
Sibling taxa
T. balsamita, T. parthenium, T. vulgare
T. bipinnatum, T. parthenium, T. vulgare
Synonyms Tanacetum camphoratum, Tanacetum douglasii Chrysanthemum balsamita
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