Tanacetum Vulgare (Tansy)

  • Rowan McOnegal
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Tanacetum Vulgare (Tansy). Rowan McOnegal. Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Shows group of plants with green pinnately divided leaves clusters of yellow button flowers. Used to be eaten at Easter as a blood purifier after the Lenten fast, mixed into a pudding made with milk, eggs and flour. The plant has a strong odour and was traditionally rubbed onto meat to ward off bluebottles and on corpses to keep away earthworms.

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