A Tangle Of Tansy Wood Print

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Tansy [Bachelor's Buttons, Bitter Buttons,'Golden Buttons, Parsley Fern, Ant Fern]
Chrysanthemum vulgare [Tanacetum vulgare : Common tansy]

Family : Compositae [Daisy] or Asteraceae
Compositae fr. Latin 'compositus' = placed together

If you would like to brighten my hours,
Just bring me a bunch of yellow flowers.
~ Mamaw Tribby


This cheery, tall, button-like yellow herbaceous wildflower can be found growing along roadsides and embankments, or other poor soil or rocky areas, throughout July to September. This ancient healing herb has been grown for both decorative and medicinal purposes.

The plant, when rubbed between the fingers, exudes the scent of camphor, and the ancients used it for embalming, and its use as an organic insecticide continues to this day. Dried and in sachets, it is a moth deterrent. Colonial cooks rubbed it into wooden tables to repel flies. Sprigs of it were p...

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