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
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