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common tansy

featherfew, feverfew

Habit Plants 4–15 dm. Plants 2–6+ 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 to lanceolate in outline, 2–12 × 1–4 cm;

margins often dentate, 1–2–pinnately lobed;

surfaces glabrous or minutely pilose;

primary lobes in 2–3(4) pairs; secondary lobes ovate to oblanceolate.

Involucres

3–5 × 5–10 mm.

3–3.5 × 5–12 mm.

Ray florets

15–25; vestigial, yellow.

10–40;

rays 3–6 mm, white.

Disc florets

corollas 1.5–2 mm, yellow.

corollas 1–3 mm, yellow.

Phyllaries

with chartaceous margins; inner often membranetipped.

with chartaceous margins; inner not membranetipped.

Fruits

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

pappi 0 or of low crowns.

1–2 mm, brown, glabrous, 5–8-ribbed;

pappi 0 or of low crowns.

Heads

20–200;

peduncles 2–15 mm, glabrous or villous.

5–25;

peduncles 1–10 cm, glabrous or puberulent.

2n

=18.

=18.

Tanacetum vulgare

Tanacetum parthenium

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.

Woodlands, riverbanks, roadsides, disturbed areas. Flowering Jun–Oct. 0–1200 m. Lava, Sisk, WV. ID, NV, WA; widely scattered in North America; worldwide. 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. balsamita, T. bipinnatum, T. vulgare
Synonyms Chrysanthemum parthenium
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