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