PLANTS Profile for Tanacetum balsamita (costmary)

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PLANTS Profile

Tanacetum balsamita L.
costmary

Symbol:

TABA

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Asteraceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		I
CAN		I

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Chrysanthemum balsamita

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 3: 519. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Tanacetum balsamita L.

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Synonyms:
Tanacetum balsamita L.

BAMA8	Balsamita major Desf.	costmary
BAMAT2	Balsamita major Desf. var. tanacetoides (Boiss.) Moldenke
CHBA6	Chrysanthemum balsamita (L.) Baill., non L.
CHBAT	Chrysanthemum balsamita (L.) Baill. var. tanacetoides Boiss.
PYMA2	Pyrethrum majus (Desf.) Tzvelev

Distribution:
Tanacetum balsamita L.


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USA (CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, ID, IL, IN, KS, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MT, NH, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SD, UT, VT, WA, WI, WY), CAN (NS, ON, QC, SK)

Related Taxa:
Tanacetum balsamita L.

View 477 genera in Asteraceae, 7 species in Tanacetum

Classification:
Tanacetum balsamita L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Asterales
Family	Asteraceae – Aster family
Genus	Tanacetum L. – tansy
Species	Tanacetum balsamita L. – costmary

Introduced Information:
Tanacetum balsamita L.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Tanacetum balsamita L.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/12/2008 05:06 AM MDT