Tansy

Tanacetum vulgare

Growth conditions
USDA Hardiness zone	3-8 Learn more
Light requirement	Full sun
Water requirement	Dry, Moist
Soil type	Light (sandy), Medium, Heavy (clay)
Physical characteristics
Height	1.0
Width (m)	0.5
Cultivation details
Life cycle	Perennial
Layer	Herbs
Growth	Fast
1000 Seed Weight (g)	0.2
Uses
Utility	Compost, Dye, Essential Oil, Pest control, Strewing, Dynamic accumulator, Fragrance
Edible	true
Edible parts	Flowers, Leaves
Edible uses	Condiment, Tea
Warning	Weed potential
Names
Alternate name	Common tansy, golden buttons, curly leaf tansy
German name	Rainfarn
Taxonomy
Family	Asteraceae or compositae
Origin and spread
Native to	Albania, Altay, Amur, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, Chita, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Inner Mongolia, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Kuril Is., Magadan, Manchuria, Mongolia, Netherlands, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Romania, Sakhalin, Sicilia, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Tuva, Ukraine, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia
Introduced into	Alaska, Alberta, Arizona, Arkansas, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, British Columbia, California, Colombia, Colorado, Connecticut, Cook Is., Ecuador, Føroyar, Georgia, Iceland, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Ireland, Kansas, Kentucky, Labrador, Louisiana, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritius, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Dakota, Northwest Territorie, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Prince Edward I., Queensland, Québec, Rhode I., Réunion, Saskatchewan, South Australia, South Dakota, Tasmania, Tennessee, Trinidad-Tobago, Tubuai Is., Uruguay, Utah, Venezuela, Vermont, Victoria, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
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