Asteraceae
Tanseyleaf tansyaster
Machaeranthera tanacetifolia
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Machaeranthera
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 艾菊紫菀
- English
- Tanseyleaf tansyaster
- Finnish
- Preeriamaarikki
Synonyms
- Aster chrysanthemoides Willd. ex Spreng.
- Aster coronopifolia (Nutt.) N.E.Br.
- Aster pinnatifidus Sessé & Moc.
- Aster pinnatifidus f. pinnatifidus
- Aster tanacetifolius Kunth
- Aster tanacetifolius var. tanacetifolius
- Chrysopsis coronopifolia Nutt.
- Dieteria coronopifolia Nutt.
- Machaeranthera coronopifolia (Nutt.) A.Nelson
- Machaeranthera parthenium Greene
- Machaeranthera tanacetifolia var. tanacetifolia
Flowers
- Flower colour
- purple (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Biennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: R. Steven Rainwater, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, 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.