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common tansy

Habit Plants 4–15 dm.
Leaves

elliptic in outline, 2–25 × 2–10 cm;

margins usually denticulate, 2-pinnately lobed;

surfaces glabrous or lightly pubescent;

primary lobes in 4–10 pairs; secondary lobes linear to oblanceolate or triangular.

Involucres

3–5 × 5–10 mm.

Ray florets

15–25; vestigial, yellow.

Disc florets

corollas 1.5–2 mm, yellow.

Phyllaries

with chartaceous margins; inner often membranetipped.

Fruits

1–2 mm, brown, 4–5-ribbed, glabrous or gland-dotted;

pappi 0 or of low crowns.

Heads

20–200;

peduncles 2–15 mm, glabrous or villous.

2n

=18.

Tanacetum vulgare

Asteraceae tribe Anthemideae

Distribution
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Discussion

Grasslands, riverbanks, roadsides, disturbed areas. Flowering Jul–Sep. 0–1400 m. BW, Casc, CR, ECas, Sisk, WV. CA, ID, NV, WA; worldwide. Exotic.

Source Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 360
Kenton Chambers
Sibling taxa
T. balsamita, T. bipinnatum, T. parthenium
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