Tansy

Plant Description

Tansy is an erect, rhizomatous, weedy perennial plant that grows about 7 feet (2 m) tall.  The plant is found growing in vacant lots, gardens, pastures, railroads, roadsides, irrigation ditches, stream banks, and lake shores. Common tansy is also found in marshes, swamps, rangelands, prairies, meadows, and woodlands, moist valley bottoms, rangeland, gardens and disturbed habitats. It occurs on loams and sands described as dry to moist with low to high fertility. The plant has stout, somewhat reddish, erect stem, usually smooth, 50–150 cm tall, and branching near the top.

We discuss other Tanacetum species in an another article.