Common Tansy

Tanacetum vulgare Asteraceae

Other names

Golden-Buttons

Growth habit

Herbaceous

Perennation

Long-lived polycarpic perennial

Native distribution

Europe and Asia; Widely Naturalized in N. America

Location

Robison Herb Garden

Source of plant

Ridge House Gardens

Description

Coarse, aromatic, subglabrous, rhizomatous perennial, reaching 3' in height. Leaves pinnate, to 4 3/4" long, leaflets toothed or incised, punctate. Flower heads many, to 5/16" across, borne in corymbs; flowers all tubular, golden-yellow; pappus minute, a 5-lobed crown.

USDA Hardiness Zone

5

Special characteristics

fragrance, medicinal/pharmaceutical