212. Tanacetum Flabelliforme. Fan-Leaved Tansy.
Description
This section is from the book "The Botanical Magazine; Or, Flower-Garden Displayed", by William Curtis. Also available from Amazon: The Botanical Magazine; or, Flower-Garden Displayed, Volume I.
212. Tanacetum Flabelliforme. Fan-Leaved Tansy.
Tanacetum Flabelliforme. Fan-Leaved Tansy.
Class and Order:
Syngenesia Polygamia Superflua.
Generic Character:
Recept. nudum. Pappus submarginatus. Cal. imbricatus, hemisphaericus. Cor. radii obsoletae, trifidae. Linn. (interdum nullae omnesque flosculi hermaphroditi.) Murr.
Specific Character and Synonyms:
TANACETUM flabelliforme corymbis simplicibus, foliis deltoidibus apice serratis. L'Herit. Sert. Angl. t. 27. Ait. Hort. Kew. V. 3. p. 169.
No. 212.
There is a neatness in the appearance of this plant, which joined to the singular form of its foliage, varying also from the general hue, entitles it to a place in the green-house.
Mr. Masson discovered it at the Cape, and introduced it here in 1774. Ait. Kew.
It flowers from May to August, grows freely, and is usually propagated by cuttings.
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