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Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare, Linn.). A coarse-growing herbaceous perennial naturalized from middle Europe, and a familiar occupant of old gardens, waste places, and roadsides. Its common name is said to be derived from athanasia, immortality, an idea suggested to the ancient Greeks by the characteristic permanent possession it takes of the soil. Its annual upright usually unbranched stems, which rise about 3 feet from the perennial root, bear greatly divided deeply cut compound bitter aromatic leaves and rather dense corymbs of numerous small yellow flower-heads which appear in midsummer. The seed, which is small, is marked by five rather prominent grayish ribs and retains its vitality for about two years. Formerly its leaves were in great favor as a seasoning for various culinary preparations, especially puddings and omelettes, uses now almost obsolete. By the medical profession, its tonic and stimulant properties and its efficacy in hysterical and dropsical disorders are still recognized, although other medicines are more popular. In domestic practice it played an early role as an anthelmintic and stomachic and is still somewhat popular as a local agent to relieve the pain of muscular rheumatism, bruises, and chronic ulcers. The wild plants usually satisfy all demands, but when no wild supply is at hand seed may be used to start the half-dozen specimens that a family should need. Easily started, readily transplanted or divided, tansy requires no special care in cultivation except to keep it clear of weeds and to prevent its spreading and thus becoming troublesome. It will thrive in almost all soils and situations that are not too wet. For botanical account, see Tanacetum.
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Tanacetum vulgare, Linn. (Chrysanthemum vulgare, Bernh.). Tansy. Fig. 3770. St. robust, erect, 2-3 ft., leafy to the summit: lvs. pinnately divided into linear-lanceolate segms. which are serrate or pinnately cut: fl.- heads 1/4 – 1/2 in. across, numerous, in a dense flat-topped cyme. July-Sept. Eu. Adventive in the U. S. Var. crispum, DC., has the lvs. more cut and crisped.
Tanacetum vulgare, Linn. (Chrysanthemum vulgare, Bernh.). Tansy. Fig. 3770. St. robust, erect, 2-3 ft., leafy to the summit: lvs. pinnately divided into linear-lanceolate segms. which are serrate or pinnately cut: fl.- heads 1/4 – 1/2 in. across, numerous, in a dense flat-topped cyme. July-Sept. Eu. Adventive in the U. S. Var. crispum, DC., has the lvs. more cut and crisped.
