Tanacetum vulgare |
Tanacetum balsamita |
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common tansy |
costmary |
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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 |
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Distribution | ||
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 | ||
Synonyms | Chrysanthemum balsamita | |
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