Asteraceae
Costmary
Tanacetum balsamita
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Tanacetum
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Common names
By language (27)
- Afrikaans
- Balsemwormkruid
- Arabic
- إهلال قسطا, غرديب, حشيشة الملكة, بلساميته, ملسانه
- Armenian
- Սուսամբար
- arz
- تاناسيتوم بلسميتا
- Belarusian
- Кануфер, Калуфар, Півоня, Піжма, Пінавея
- Bulgarian
- Калоферче
- Chinese
- 流香艾菊
- Croatian
- Balzamski vratić
- Czech
- Maří list balšámový
- Dutch
- Balsemwormkruid, Vrouwenmunt
- English
- Costmary, Alecost or Balsam Herb, Alecost, Balsam herb, Bible leaf, Mint geranium
- Estonian
- Palsam-neitsikummel
- Finnish
- Palsamipietaryrtti, Palsamipäivänkakkara
- French
- Menthe-coq, Grande balsamite
- Georgian
- Სუსამბარი
- German
- Frauenminze, Balsamkraut, Marienblatt
- Irish
- Gormshúileach
- Italian
- Erba amara, Fritola, Menta greca, Balsamita
- kw
- Kosta Maria
- Lithuanian
- Balzaminė bitkrėslė, Balzamita, Vaistinė balzamita
- Macedonian
- Калофер, Балзамска вратика
- Persian
- شاهسپرغم
- Russian
- Пижма бальзамическая, Калуфер, Канупер, Кануфер, Колуфер, Мята сарацинская, Пижма пахучая, Ромашка шпанская
- Slovak
- Vratič balzamový
- Spanish
- Costo de los huertos, Costo hortense, Hierba buena romana, Hierba de huerto, Hierba santa romana, Hoja de romana, Hoja romana, Hojicas de Santa Maria
- Swedish
- Balsamblad
- Welsh
- Tansi Mair
Synonyms
- Balsamita balsamita (L.) Rydb.
- Balsamita major Desf.
- Balsamita major subsp. major
- Balsamita major var. major
- Balsamita major var. tanacetoides (Boiss.) Moldenke
- Balsamita suaveolens Pers.
- Balsamita vulgaris Willd.
- Chamaemelum balsamita (L.) E.H.L.Krause
- Chrysanthemum balsamita Baill.
- Chrysanthemum balsamita f. tanacetoides (Boiss.) B.Boivin
- Chrysanthemum balsamita var. tanacetoides Boiss.
- Chrysanthemum majus Asch.
- Chrysanthemum tanacetifolium (Desr.) Dum.Cours.
- Matricaria balsamita (L.) Desr.
- Pyrethrum balsamita Willd.
- Pyrethrum balsamita var. tanacetoides Boiss.
- Pyrethrum majus (Desf.) Tzvelev
- Pyrethrum tanaceum DC.
- Tanacetum balsamita subsp. balsamita
- Tanacetum balsamita var. balsamita
Flowers
- In flower
- August (from 5 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Wendy McCrady, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stanislav Doronenko, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: user Stanislav Doronenko, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Oceancetaceen - Alice Chodura, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Joan Simon from Barcelona, España, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Joan Simon from Barcelona, España, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Joan Simon from Barcelona, España, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Joan Simon from Barcelona, España, 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.