Single Record

Participant Info

Species
Tanacetum vulgare
Family
Asteraceae
CommonName
common tansy
Presence
YES
Status
exotic, noxious
EarliestDate
1977
LatestDate
2024
Ecosystem
basin, foothill, ruderal
Geobotanical
SSanjuans, UBasin, LBasin
Counties
Conejos, Costilla, Mineral
Passes
WildlifePreserves
Other Localities
Comments
For common tansy there are only seven observed Watershed locations: 5 miles west of San Luis (Costilla Co); 7 miles SW of Alamosa (Alamosa Co); 1 mile east of South Fork (Rio Grande Co); Fox Creek and FSR 103 (Conejos Co); SW of Creede (Mineral Co); and SW of South Fork near the junction of Hwy 160 and CR 391 2 Oct (2024, iNaturalist observation #245259641). Tanacetum vulgare is a cultivated ornamental that sometimes escapes and nativizes. It is on Colorado's B list of "noxious weeds." It has been observed in all USA states except Texas, Alabama, South Carolina, and Florida. It follows the Rio Grande drainage down to Bernalillo Co, New Mexico.