Common name:
Tansy
Family:
Scientific name:
Tanacetum vulgare
Main flower color:
Range:
Lowland regions across the UK
Height:
Up to 100 cm
Habitat:
Hedges, verges, waste ground, riverbanks
Flowers:
The yellow flowerheads are around 10 mm in diameter, comprising numerous tightly-packed disc florets (no rays), subtended by a broad, disc-like involucre linked by green phyllaries, brown along the margins. Flowerheads are attached by grooved, hairless pedicels, and form open, flat-topped clusters of up to 70
Leaves:
Hairless, up to 25 cm long, pinnately divided into narrow leaflets, lined with deeply-cut, sharp-pointed lobes
Season:
July to October
Rarity:
★★★★★
