Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Tanacetum vulgare
Common name
Tansy, Common Tansy
Family
Asteraceae
Where found
Sporadic garden escape, often in moist sites. Coast, ranges, tablelands, ACT, the mountains to the west, and Kosciuszko National Park.
Notes
Introduced perennial herb to 1.5 m high, rhizomatous. Stems ribbed, with glandular hairs especially when young. Leaves alternating up the stems, 12–25 cm long, 30–120 mm wide, hairless to sparsely hairy, gland dotted, deeply dissected with a fern-like appearance, appearing almost compound, with 21–41 concave toothed segments. Flower heads bright yellow, disc-shaped, 5–9 mm in diameter, with many florets, 0 petals, in clusters of 5–100. Flowers spring–autumn.
General Biosecurity Duty all NSW.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Tanacetum~vulgare (accessed 9 February, 2021)
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