| Scientific Name: | Tanacetum vulgare |
| Common Name: | common tansy |
| Family Name: | Asteraceae |
| Origin: | Europe |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial, Invasive plant |
| Mature Size: | 0.7 - 1.3m x 0.1 - 0.3m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Stiffly upright |
| Form: | Oval - vertical |
| Texture: | Medium - coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract beneficial insects |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Lobed, Alternate, Soft flexible, Pinnate venation, Pubescent, Lanceolate, Pinnately lobed |
| Flowers: | Head (capitulum), Yellow, Jul-Aug-Sep |
| Fruit: | Achene, Brown, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Perennial herb 30-150cm tall, stems narrow, reddish brown, most arising from creeping rhizomes; leaves alternate, most elliptic, (4-)10-20cm long x 2-10cm wide, twice pinnately lobed, 12 pairs of main lobes with each further lobed; corymb-like cluster of 20-200 flat, yellow flower heads, each 5-13mm wide (disk florets only, ray florets absent), Jul-Sep; achenes 1-2mm long. | |