Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Balsamita balsamita (L.) Rydberg
Tanacelum Balsamila L. Sp. PI. 845. 1753.
Balsamita major Desf. Act. Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris 1: 3. 1792.
Tanacetutn simplicifoliuni Salisb. Prodr. 190. 1796.
Balsamita vulgaris Willd. Sp. PI. 3: 1802. 1804.
Balsamita suaveohns Pers. Syn. PI. 2: 408. 1807.
Pyrelhrum Tanacetum DC. Prodr. 6; 63. 1837.
Chrysanthemum Tanacetum Vis. Fl. Dalm. 2: 89. 1847.
Pyrethrtim Balsamita tanaceloides Boiss. Fl. Orient. 3: 346. 1875.
Tanacetum balsamitum St. -Lag. Ann. Soc. Bot. Lvon 7: 136. 1880.
C/irv.raw/^iemHm Ba/sami7a Baillon. Hist. PI. 8: 311. 1882. Not C. Bo/sami/a L. 1753.
Chrysanthemum Santa-Maria Maza, Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 19: 277. 1890.
Chrysanthemum Balsamita tanaceloides Boiss.; W. Miller, Cycl. Am. Hort. 313. 1900.
A leafy herbaceous perennial; stem 5-12 dm high, angled and grooved, puberulent; lower leaves 1-2 dm. long, petioled; blades puberulent or finely pilose, often somewhat canescent, obovate or oblanceolate, crenate or dentate, rounded at the apex; upper leaves 3-5 cm. long, subsessile, obovate or ovate in outline, crenate, obtuse, often incised or lobed towards the base; involucre 4 mm. high, 6-7 mm. broad; bracts 25-30, the outer linear, wholly green, the inner oblong with scarious erose tips; ray-flowers usually wanting; disk-corollas 2.5 mm. long; achenes fully 1 mm. long.
Type locality: Etruria [Tuscany], Italy.
DiSTRiBUTio.v: Escaped from cultivation from Maine to New York, Indiana, and Michigan; native of southern Europe and the Orient.
- bibliographic citation
- Per Axel Rydberg. 1916. (CARDUALES); CARDUACEAE; TAGETEAE, ANTHEMIDEAE. North American flora. vol 34(3). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
