Family: Asteraceae
Tanacetum boreale
Citation:
Fischer ex Link, Enum. Hort. Berol. 2:313 (1822).
Synonymy: T. huronense sensu J. Black, Nat. Fl. S. Aust. 83 (1909), non Fischer.
Common name: Lesser tansy.
Description:
Perennial herb to I m high; stems erect, robust, unbranched or sparsely branched, fibbed, sparsely pubescent; leaves ovate to obovate, to 20 cm long, c. 12 cm wide, pubescent to tomentose with microscopic glandular and non-glandular hairs; corymbs compound, leafy below, the ultimate branches naked.
Achenes of the outer series 3-ribbed, the inner ones 5-ribbed, all c. 1.5 mm long.
Distribution:
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Introduced as a garden ornamental and locally naturalised on roadsides.
Native to Siberia.
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Conservation status:
naturalised
Flowering time: mainly Dec. — March.
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SA Distribution Map based
on current data relating to
specimens held in the
State Herbarium of South Australia
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Biology:
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Author:
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