Tanacetum vulgare

Tanacetum vulgare

  • Tanacetum vulgare
  • Tanacetum vulgare
  • Tanacetum vulgare
  • Tanacetum vulgare
  • Flower name
    Tanacetum vulgare
  • Scientific name
    Tanacetum vulgare
  • Aliasタンジー, 蓬菊, Tansy, Golden buttons, common tansy
  • Place of origin Siberia and Europe
  • Place of floweringGarden
  • Flowering seasonJuly, August, September, October

What is Tanacetum vulgare

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Tanacetum vulgare, or yomogigiku (scientific name: Tanacetum vulgare) is a lodging perennial herb of the Asteraceae family (Tanacetum genus) native to Siberia and Europe.
It is called Tansy or common tansy, golden buttons or bachelor's button because the small yellow flowers look like buttons on clothes.
It is 80 to 150 cm tall. The leaves are green, pinnate, alternate, and have serrated edges. The plant blooms from summer to autumn with 20 to 30 small yellow flowers in clusters.
In the past, it was used as an edible herb, but since it was found to contain toxic ingredients, it is now used as a yellow dye, anthelmintic, cut flower, dried flower, garden plant, and potted plant.

The genus Tanacetum includes the Tanacetum vulgare as well as the Tanacetum vulgare var. boreale, and Matricaria (scientific name: Tanacetum parthenium), Silver lace (scientific name: Tanacetum ptarmiciflorum) and others.

Common name: Tanacetum vulgare, Scientific name: Tanacetum vulgare, also known as tansy, common tansy, golden buttons, bachelor's button or yomogigiku, Origin: Siberia and Europe, Plant height: 80-150 cm, Flower diameter: 1 cm, Flowering season: July-October, Flower color: yellow.


  • Order
    Asterales
  • Family
    Asteraceae
  • Genus
    Tanacetum
  • Species
    T. vulgare
  • Type of flower
    Radial symmetrical flower
  • Array of flower
    Corymbose inflorescence
  • Petal shape
    Tongue-shaped
  • Leaf type
    Pinnate compound leaf
  • Edge of the leaf
    Serrated
  • Life typelodging perennial herb
  • Flower colorsYellow
  • Colors of the leavesGreen
  • Fruit color
  • Height80.0 ~ 150.0 cm
  • Diameter of flower1.0 ~ 1.0 cm

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