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    What is the name of a herbaceous U.S. plant with yellow flowers and finely divided leaves?

    Question #100733. Asked by nibbles0011. (Nov 02 08 4:42 PM)


    edmund80

    		Tansy.

    "Tansy is a flowering herbaceous plant with finely divided compound leaves and yellow, buttonlike flowers. It has a stout, somewhat reddish, erect stem, usually smooth, 50-150 cm tall, and branching near the top."

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tansy

    http://www.swsbm.com/Ephemera/AmericanHerbs.pdf

    Nov 02 08, 8:45 PM
    Baloo55th

    		Tansy is a Eurasian plant introduced to the USA rather than a U.S. plant as such. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tansy

    Nov 03 08, 7:36 AM

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