Tanacetum vulgare L.

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Taxonomy: Fam. Compositae// Genus: Tanacetum// Species: Tanacetum vulgare L.

Determined according to the botanical keys provided by Heywood (1976 in Tutin et al.).

Lifeform: Perennial plant. Hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Distribution: Native to temperate Eurasia according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal.

Habitat:  Open habitats – grasslands, clearings of forests.

Flowering period: Summer (JUL, AUG).

Locality: Ponikva. Date: 24.07.2021.

Tanacetum vulgare  – habit. Osogovo- Ponikva, 24.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tanacetum vulgare  – habit. Osogovo- Ponikva, 24.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tanacetum vulgare  – habit. Osogovo- Ponikva, 24.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tanacetum vulgare  – stem with inflorescence. Osogovo- Ponikva, 24.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tanacetum vulgare  – upper part of plant with inflorescences. Osogovo- Ponikva, 24.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tanacetum vulgare  – stem with inflorescence and cauline leaves. Osogovo- Ponikva, 24.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tanacetum vulgare  – inflorescence with capitula. Osogovo- Ponikva, 24.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tanacetum vulgare  – inflorescence with capitula. Osogovo- Ponikva, 24.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tanacetum vulgare  – capitula. Osogovo- Ponikva, 24.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tanacetum vulgare  – capitula. Osogovo- Ponikva, 24.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tanacetum vulgare  – capitula. Osogovo- Ponikva, 24.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tanacetum vulgare  – stem with cauline leaves. Osogovo- Ponikva, 24.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tanacetum vulgare  – cauline leaf. Osogovo- Ponikva, 24.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tanacetum vulgare  – stem with cauline leaves. Osogovo- Ponikva, 24.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Heywood, V. H. 1976. Tanacetum L. In Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. (ed.), Flora Europaea. Volume 4. Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 169–171.

Tanacetum vulgare L. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:252568-1 [Accessed 01.08.2021].

Tanacetum vulgare. Greuter, W. 2006+: Compositae (pro parte majore). – In: Greuter, W. & Raab-Straube, E. von, Compositae. Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published at https://europlusmed.org/. https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/d30f3463-7b61-4603-8b45-6d1668b22b37 [Accessed 06.03.2026].

Last update: 06.03.2026.