COMMON TANSY

(Tanacetum vulgare L.)

GROWTH HABIT: Perennial, erect, bushy, to 6 feet tall.

LEAVES: Dark green, alternate, deeply divided into numerous narrow, toothed leaflets (fern- like).

STEMS: Often purplish-red in color.

FLOWER: Yellow, button-like, without petals, ½ inch across in flat topped dense clusters.

ROOTS: Reproduces from roots.

SEEDS: Yellowish brown with short 5 toothed crown.

OTHER: Escaped Eurpean aromatic ornamental and medicinal plant

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