General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Plant Height: 4-32 inches
Leaves: Fragrant
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Yellow
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late summer or early fall
Fall
Underground structures: Rhizome
Suitable Locations: Beach Front
Uses: Erosion control
Dried Flower
Will Naturalize
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Rabbit Resistant
Flood Resistant
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil
Endangered: threatened / dunes and lakeshores of Michigan
Conservation status: Near Threatened (NT)

Conservation status:
Conservation status: Near Threatened
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Common names
  • Dune Tansy
  • Lake Huron Tansy
  • Camphor Tansy
  • Northern Dune Tansy
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Tanacetum bipinnatum
  • Synonym: Tanacetum bipinnatum subsp. huronense
  • Synonym: Tanacetum camphoratum

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Location: U.P. of MI, growing wild near Lake Michigan Shore
Date: 2017-07-06
Location: U.P. of MI, growing wild near Lake Michigan Shore
Date: 2017-07-06
Location: U.P. of MI, growing wild near Lake Michigan Shore
Date: 2017-07-06
Location: U.P. of MI, growing wild near Lake Michigan Shore
Date: 2017-07-06
Location: U.P. of MI, growing wild near Lake Michigan Shore
Date: 2017-07-06
Location: U.P. of MI, growing wild near Lake Michigan Shore
Date: 2017-07-06
Location: My garden, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; zone 3.
Date: 2011-06-03
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: 2015-08-19
Bandon, Oregon coast
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: 2015-08-19
Bandon, Oregon coast
Location: U.P. of MI, growing wild near Lake Michigan Shore
Date: 2017-07-06
Location: U.P. of MI, growing wild near Lake Michigan Shore
Date: 2017-07-06
Comments:
  • Posted by gardengus (Indiana Zone 5b) on Aug 29, 2015 4:00 PM concerning plant:
    A northern native that can be found along the dunes of Lake Michigan.
    Survives some water and wave action and also being covered by sand.
    The leaves are silver green, strong scented and hairy.
    Flowers larger than common garden tansy.
  • Posted by KFredenburg (Black Hills, SD - Zone 5a) on Jun 23, 2020 8:58 PM concerning plant:
    Habitat: sand dunes along the Pacific Coast. Range: British Columbia to Northern California.

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