Asteraceae

Bushy seaside tansy

Borrichia frutescens (L.) DC.

Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Borrichia

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Bushy seaside tansy: The bushy seaside oxeye now blooming at Juno Dunes Natural Area (and in my little mangrove swamp too). They love to grow on the edge of mangrove areas near salt — Photo: Bob Peterson from North Palm Beach, Florida, Planet Earth!, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

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English: Bushy seaside tansy, Sea oxeye

Synonyms

Borrichia frutescens var. angustifolia DC.
Borrichia frutescens var. frutescens
Bubonium frutescens Hill
Buphthalmum frutescens L.
Buphthalmum incanum Mill.
Diomedea bidentata Cass.
Diomedea linearis Cass.

Flowers

Flower colour: yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Subshrub
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: native

Photos

Photo: Bob Peterson from North Palm Beach, Florida, Planet Earth!, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Bob Peterson from North Palm Beach, Florida, Planet Earth!, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Sam Fraser-Smith from Brisbane, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Sam Fraser-Smith from Brisbane, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Sam Fraser-Smith from Brisbane, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Sam Fraser-Smith from Brisbane, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Sam Fraser-Smith from Brisbane, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Sam Fraser-Smith from Brisbane, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Sam Fraser-Smith from Brisbane, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Sam Fraser-Smith from Brisbane, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Bob Peterson from North Palm Beach, Florida, Planet Earth!, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Bob Peterson from North Palm Beach, Florida, Planet Earth!, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.