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Tanacetum L.

Tansy (en), Tanaisie (fr), Tanaisie au sens large (fr)

Genus

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae

Characteristics

Annual or perennial herbs, often rhizomatous. Lvs simple, entire to 1-3-pinnatisect, alternate. Capitula in corymbs, or rarely solitary, terminal, usually pedunculate; involucral bracts in 3-4 rows, often with membranous margins. Receptacle flat; scales 0 or few. Outer florets usually ♀ (sometimes all florets ☿), ligulate or ligule much reduced, yellow, white or pink; inner florets usually ☿ and tubular, transformed into ligulate florets in double forms. Achenes all similar, cylindric or clavate, sometimes with many small glands but otherwise glabrous, 3-10-ribbed; pappus a small toothed or lobed corona.
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Perennial herbs, erect. Leaves lobed or 1-or 2-pinnatisect. Capitula several to numerous per stem, radiate or disciform; involucre multi-seriate, with bracts gradational in length; receptacle epaleate. Marginal florets female, fertile. Disc florets bisexual; corolla 5-lobed. Achenes ± homomorphic, ± quadrangular, regularly 5–12-ribbed, glabrous. Pappus present.
Much like Chrysanthemum, but the heads disciform or nearly so, the outer fls pistillate, with short tubular cor which in some spp. is expanded into a short yellow ray, or the pistillate fls rarely wanting; disk-fls 5-toothed, yellow; achenes mostly 5-ribbed or-angled, commonly glandular; lvs pinnately dissected to rarely entire. 50, N. Hemisphere.
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

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Images

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Distribution

Tanacetum world distribution map, present in Australia, New Zealand, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30005379-2
WFO ID wfo-4000037526
COL ID 7SCM
BDTFX ID 87289
INPN ID 198201
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Tanacetum Pyrethrum

Lower taxons

Tanacetum fruticulosum Tanacetum maymanense Tanacetum albipannosum Tanacetum pakistanicum Tanacetum falconeri Tanacetum archibaldii Tanacetum gilgitii Tanacetum barclayanum Tanacetum cadmeum Tanacetum leptophyllum Tanacetum stapfianum Tanacetum kaschgarianum Tanacetum hissaricum Tanacetum armenum Tanacetum aucherianum Tanacetum argenteum Tanacetum praeteritum Tanacetum paleaceum Tanacetum saryarkense Tanacetum audibertii Tanacetum heterotomum Tanacetum oxystegium Tanacetum lingulatum Tanacetum densum Tanacetum zangezuricum Tanacetum aureum Tanacetum depauperatum Tanacetum mindshelkense Tanacetum artemisioides Tanacetum trifoliolatum Tanacetum cinerariifolium Tanacetum sericeum Tanacetum paradoxum Tanacetum partmiciflorum Tanacetum niveum Tanacetum nivale Tanacetum bipinnatum Tanacetum zahlbruckneri Tanacetum richterioides Tanacetum atkinsonii Tanacetum bachtiaricum Tanacetum corymbiforme Tanacetum punctatum Tanacetum tricholobum Tanacetum griffithii Tanacetum crassipes Tanacetum baltistanicum Tanacetum funkii Tanacetum munzurdaghensis Tanacetum tatsienense Tanacetum uniflorum Tanacetum mucroniferum Tanacetum tomentellum Tanacetum vahlii Tanacetum germanicopolitanum Tanacetum paczoskii Tanacetum tirinense Tanacetum tenuisectum Tanacetum alatavicum Tanacetum cappadocicum Tanacetum absinthium Tanacetum karelinii Tanacetum macrocephalum Tanacetum sonbolii Tanacetum parthenium Tanacetum haussknechtii Tanacetum nuristanicum Tanacetum eginense Tanacetum silvicola Tanacetum kittaryanum Tanacetum akinfiewii Tanacetum scopulorum Tanacetum nitens Tanacetum silaifolium Tanacetum emodi Tanacetum cilicicum Tanacetum tenuissimum Tanacetum subsimilis Tanacetum oltense Tanacetum millefolium Tanacetum vulgare Tanacetum microphyllum Tanacetum robustum Tanacetum balsamitoides Tanacetum ghoratense Tanacetum peucedanifolium Tanacetum poteriifolium Tanacetum abrotanifolium Tanacetum saxicola Tanacetum sipikorense Tanacetum ulutavicum Tanacetum umbelliferarum Tanacetum tarighii Tanacetum erzincanense Tanacetum daghestanicum Tanacetum joharchii Tanacetum salsugineum Tanacetum tamrutense Tanacetum gracilicaule Tanacetum alyssifolium Tanacetum galae Tanacetum persica Tanacetum budjnurdense Tanacetum dumosum Tanacetum marionii Tanacetum yabrudae Tanacetum pulchrum Tanacetum pinnatum Tanacetum kelleri Tanacetum sanguineum Tanacetum chitralense Tanacetum elbursense Tanacetum aucheri Tanacetum sorbifolium Tanacetum tanacetoides Tanacetum sinaicum Tanacetum songaricum Tanacetum lanuginosum Tanacetum pulchellum Tanacetum canescens Tanacetum krylovianum Tanacetum larvatum Tanacetum abrotanoides Tanacetum santolina Tanacetum hololeucum Tanacetum mucronulatum Tanacetum stoliczkae Tanacetum polycephalum Tanacetum kulbadica Tanacetum tabrisianum Tanacetum tripinnatifidum Tanacetum kotschyi Tanacetum petrareum Tanacetum porphyrostephanum Tanacetum odessanum Tanacetum bamianicum Tanacetum mikeschinii Tanacetum changaicum Tanacetum haradjanii Tanacetum achilleifolium Tanacetum musilii Tanacetum coccineum Tanacetum macrophyllum Tanacetum balsamita Tanacetum corymbosum Tanacetum annuum
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