Asteraceae

Common tansy

Tanacetum vulgare L.

Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Tanacetum

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Common tansy (Tanacetum vulgare) — FlowerPhoto: P Holroyd, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (55)

ang: Englisc cost
Arabic: حشيشة الدود الشائعة, حشيشة الدود, حشيشة الملوك
Armenian: Լվածաղիկ սովորական
arz: حشيشة الدود الشائعه
Azerbaijani: Adi dağtərxunu
Basque: Mota-belar
Belarusian: Піжма звычайная
Breton: Arwaz, Gwaz
Bulgarian: Вратига, Паничка
Catalan: Tanarida, Tanacet, Tanaisie vulgaire
Chinese: 菊蒿, 太白艾, 艾菊
Croatian: Vratić
csb: Pòkrãtnik
Czech: Vratič obecný
Danish: Rejnfan, Guldknap
Dutch: Boerenwormkruid
English: Common tansy, Tansy, Bitter buttons
Esperanto: Ordinara tanaceto
Estonian: Harilik soolikarohi, Balsamita audibertii, Soolikarohi
Finnish: Pietaryrtti, Rohtopietaryrtti, Nappikukka
French: Tanaisie commune, Tanaisie vulgaire, Tanaisie
frr: Riinfreenken, Wiremkrüüs
Georgian: Ჩვეულებრივი ასფურცელა
German: Rainfarn, Tanaisie vulgaire
Haitian Creole: Tanezi
Hungarian: Gilisztaűző varádics, Gilisztavirág, Patikai varádicskóró, Varádics aranyvirág
Icelandic: Regnfang
Irish: Franclus
Italian: Tanaceto
Japanese: タンジー, よもぎ菊, ヨモギギク, 蓬菊
Kazakh: Кәдімгі түймешетен
Korean: 탄지
Kurdish: Tanzi
kw: Botonyow owr
Latvian: Parastais biškrēsliņš
li: Wörmzäödsje, Boerenwormkruid, Hummesknuipkes, Reinevaan, Reinevaar, Reinvaan
Lithuanian: Paprastoji bitkrėslė, Tanaisie vulgaire
Macedonian: Вратика, Обична вратика
nds: Boerenwurmkruud
Norwegian Bokmål: Reinfann
Norwegian Nynorsk: Reinfann
olo: Pedrinnybly
Persian: دکمه طلایی
Polish: Wrotycz pospolity
Portuguese: Catinga-de-mulata, Tanaceto
Romanian: Vetrice
Russian: Пижма обыкновенная, Дикая рябинка, Полевая рябинка, Рябинка, Хризантемум обыкновенный
sgs: Marūns
Slovak: Vratič obyčajný
Slovenian: Navadni vratič
Spanish: Artemisa menor, Atanasia, Buen varon de Jarava, Buen varón de Jarava, Cazapeto, Hierba de la lombriz, Hierba de las lombrices, Hierba lombricera
Swedish: Renfana, Chrysantemum vulgare, Gubbaskägg, Tanaisie vulgaire
Turkish: Tanzi
Ukrainian: Пижмо звичайне
Welsh: Tansi

Synonyms

Chrysanthemum asiaticum Vorosch.
Chrysanthemum boreale (Fisch. ex DC.) B.Fedtsch.
Chrysanthemum vulgare subsp. boreale (Fisch. ex DC.) Vorosch.
Chrysanthemum vulgare var. boreale (Fisch. ex DC.) Makino ex Makino & Nemoto
Pyrethrum vulgare Boiss.
Tanacetum boreale Fisch. ex DC.
Tanacetum crispum Steud.
Tanacetum umbellatum Gilib.
Tanacetum vulgare f. vulgare
Tanacetum vulgare subsp. boreale (Fisch. ex DC.) A
Tanacetum vulgare subsp. boreale (Fisch. ex DC.) Á.Löve & D.Löve
Tanacetum vulgare subsp. boreale (Fisch. ex DC.) Kuvaev
Tanacetum vulgare var. boreale (Fisch. ex DC.) Trautv. & C.A.Mey.
Tanacetum vulgare var. vulgare

Flowers

In flower: July to September (from 7,840 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Alaska: introduced, Canada: introduced, Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, St. Pierre and Miquelon: introduced

Photos

FlowerPhoto: P Holroyd, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Paul Manning, CC0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Lynn Harper, CC0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Jonathan Layman, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
LeavesPhoto: lazarus, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Lienhard Schulz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Sarah Johnson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: GT1976, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: AnRo0002, 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.