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common tansy

costmary

Habit Plants 4–15 dm. Plants 3–8+ 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.

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

margins entire or few-lobed near bases;

surfaces glabrous or strigillose.

Involucres

3–5 × 5–10 mm.

3–4 × 3–8 mm.

Ray florets

15–25; vestigial, yellow.

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

Disc florets

corollas 1.5–2 mm, yellow.

corollas 2–2.5 mm, yellow.

Phyllaries

with chartaceous margins; inner often membranetipped.

chartaceous-margined; inner often membranetipped.

Fruits

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

pappi 0 or of low crowns.

1.5–2 mm, brown;

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

Heads

20–200;

peduncles 2–15 mm, glabrous or villous.

3–60;

peduncles 0–8 mm;

surfaces strigillose.

2n

=18.

=18, 54.

Tanacetum vulgare

Tanacetum balsamita

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.

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. bipinnatum, T. parthenium
T. bipinnatum, T. parthenium, T. vulgare
Synonyms Chrysanthemum balsamita
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