Tanacetum camphoratum Calflora

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Taxon Report

Tanacetum camphoratum Less.

(not an active name)

Camphor tansy, Dune tansy

2002 Margo Bors

2010 Zoya Akulova

Tanacetum camphoratum is a perennial herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in western North America.

also called Tanacetum bipinnatum


	Plant Range Observation Search ~161 records in California Plant Characteristics

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Genus:	Tanacetum
Family:	Asteraceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Habitat: coastal

Communities: Coastal Strand

Name Status:
Accepted by PLANTS

Alternate Names:


PLANTS	Tanacetum douglasii
JEF	Tanacetum bipinnatum

Information about Tanacetum camphoratum from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX This plant is available commercially. USDA PLANTS Profile (TACA2) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
photos / record / common / links 2002 Margo Bors:!2010 Zoya Akulova:! null:!null:!

Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2025. The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 05/17/2025).