From the Netherlands

  • BotBEnglish
    6·
    1 year ago

    Automatic identification via PlantNet summary

    Most likely match: Tanacetum vulgare L.

    Common name Scientific name Likeliness
    Common tansy Tanacetum vulgare 32.54 %
    Mexican mint marigold Tagetes lucida 14.92 %
    / Tanacetum audibertii 4.13 %
    Lake Huron tansy Tanacetum bipinnatum 2.10 %
    Clustered everlasting Chrysocephalum semipapposum 2.08 %

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    • SalamanderOPAEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      The Wiki page has a lot of very interesting information about its ethnomedical and culinary uses.

      A very cool detail is the mention of a blue oil produced from the related Tanacetum annuum. That oil contains a blue molecule called chamazulene.

    • SalamanderOPAEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Thanks! I got very excited because I thought it might be Chamomile and there is a ton around here now. They do smell very nice… Apparently they were used to brew a tea to kill off internal parasites in the past, but I am not sure it’s a good idea to prepare that as a tea.