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Tanacetum douglasii

Tanacetum douglasii

9.9
A perennial plant with scented feathery leaves and small yellow flowers that grows in sand dunes along the Pacific coast
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : tanaceto de Douglas
  • The aromatic leaves of Tanacetum douglasii distinguish it from other dune plants.

Examples

  • The Tanacetum douglasii thrives in sandy soils along the Pacific coast.

  • The Tanacetum douglasii produces clusters of small yellow flowers during the summer.

  • Tanacetum douglasii can be found growing in sandy soils along the Pacific coastline.

  • Botanists often study Tanacetum douglasii for its adaptation to coastal environments.

  • Look at the Tanacetum douglasii!

  • Tanacetum douglasii can be found growing in sandy soils along the Pacific coastline.

  • The aromatic leaves of Tanacetum douglasii distinguish it from other dune plants.

Synonyms

northern dune tansy
vsTanacetum douglasii
  • US
9.9

A plant that lives for many years with feathery leaves and small yellow flowers in sand dunes

is the scientific name used in formal botanical contexts

Surface Forms

Tanacetum douglasii singular
Tanacetum douglasii plural

Morphology

Tanacetum + douglasii

This is a standard scientific binomial (genus + species). Knowing 'Tanacetum' (a genus of flowering plants) and that the second element is a species epithet (here 'douglasii', likely a proper-name-derived epithet) lets a learner infer it names a particular species of Tanacetum. The taxonomic, compositional pattern is cross-linguistically familiar, so the basic meaning (a specific kind of Tanacetum plant) is transparently derivable from the parts.

Etymology

The plant name Tanacetum douglasii mixes Tanacetum, the group name for tansy plants with small yellow button flowers, and douglasii, named for the Scottish plant collector David Douglas. So it literally means 'Douglas's tansy' and helps you remember this nice-smelling, yellow-flowered plant of Pacific sand dunes.