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Photographer: Kitty Kohout
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Family Asteraceae
Tanacetum huronense Nutt.
eastern tansy, Lake Huron tansy
Tanacetum: from the medieval Latin name tanazita, in turn derived from Greek athanasia, "immortality," of uncertain application to this taxa
huronense: of Lake Huron
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| Status: | Endangered |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 4"-16" tall, aromatic forb |
| Flower: | head 1/3 -3/4" wide with only yellow disk flowers; inflorescence with 5-12 heads in a dense cluster; blooms July-Aug. |
| Leaf: | many, softly hairy, 2"-8" long and less than half as wide, 6-24 pairs of feathery, pinnate divisions |
| Habitat: | Lake Michigan shores |
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