Tansy

Tansy

Tanacetum vulgare L.

Asteraceae (Aster Family)

▲ ▼ new shoots from creeping roots

▲ ▼ mature plant starting to flower

Tansy:

creeping perennial plant with pinnately lobed, bright, dark-green toothed leaves growing 2-5 feet tall
produces colonies by spread of creeping roots
flowers are yellow, disk-type only, in terminal flat-topped clusters of mature plants
plant has typical medicinal “tansy" odor
can be toxic to livestock
can be invasive in fertile, well-drained soils with adequate moisture
more of a weed problem in northern U.S., Europe than in southwest Missouri