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common tansy

dune tansy

Habit Plants 4–15 dm. Plants 1.5–5+ 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.

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.

Involucres

3–5 × 5–10 mm.

4–5 × 8–22+ mm.

Ray florets

15–25; vestigial, yellow.

0–25;

rays 1–6 mm, yellow.

Disc florets

corollas 1.5–2 mm, yellow.

corollas 2–2.5 mm, yellow.

Phyllaries

with chartaceous margins; inner often membranetipped.

with membranous margins; inner not membranetipped.

Fruits

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

pappi 0 or of low crowns.

2–3 mm, tan;

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

Heads

20–200;

peduncles 2–15 mm, glabrous or villous.

2–20+;

peduncles 0.3–12 cm, villous.

2n

=18.

=54.

Tanacetum vulgare

Tanacetum bipinnatum

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.

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.

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. balsamita, T. parthenium, T. vulgare
Synonyms Tanacetum camphoratum, Tanacetum douglasii
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