Tanacetum vulgare Calflora

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Taxon Report

Tanacetum vulgare L.

Common tansy

2011 Ramona Robison

2005 George W. Hartwell

2016 Svetlana Yegorova

2007 Louis-M. Landry

2012 Richard Spellenberg

2014 Zoya Akulova

Tanacetum vulgare is a perennial herb that is not native to California.

Cal-IPC rating: moderate


	Plant Range Observation Search ~94 records in California Plant Characteristics one or more occurrences within a 7.5-minute quadrangle

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Genus:	Tanacetum
Family:	Asteraceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Toxicity: Do not eat the leaf of this plant.

Wetlands: Occurs usually in non wetlands, occasionally in wetlands

Communities: escaped cultivar

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS

Alternate Names:


PLANTS	Chrysanthemum vulgare
PLANTS	Tanacetum boreale
PLANTS	Tanacetum vulgare var. crispum

Information about Tanacetum vulgare from other sources


Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (TAVU) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) BONAP Distribution Map Cal-IPC Profile rating: moderate Consortium of California Herbaria 2	Add an Observation Location Suitability Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2024. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 11/21/2024).