Skye Flora

Tansy


Tanacetum vulgare

 

Tanacetum vulgare

Photo © Carl Farmer
(26 Jul 2004 Dingwall)
Total inflorescence 10x11 cm

Found here and there on roadsides and in formerly cultivated ground near old dwellings.

Flowerhead diameter c 7-11 mm.  Plants normally 30-100 cm tall.

Skye ID: Leaves pinnate, the lower ones with segments again nearly pinnate to base, all with segments deeply cut or toothed.  Flowerheads yellow, button-like, in flat-topped groups, no ray florets.

Other features: Leaves strongly scented.

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Tanacetum vulgare

Photo © Carl Farmer
(26 Jul 2004 Dingwall)
Low central flower c 8.5 mm across

  Tanacetum vulgare

Photo © Carl Farmer
(26 Jul 2004 Dingwall)
Stem c 4 mm wide

 

Tanacetum vulgare

Photo © Carl Farmer
(7 Sep 2001 Berwick-upon-Tweed)

Dwarf form on sand, not typical of Skye plants


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