Yarrow

Plant Characteristics

Lifespan:	⌛	perennial
Origin:	✈	?

Cultivation

Exposure:	☼	?"?" is not in the list (sun, part-sun, shade, unknown) of allowed values for the "Exposure" property.
Water:	◍	?"?" is not in the list (wet, moist, moderate, dry, less when dormant) of allowed values for the "Water" property.

Scientific Names

Asteraceae >

Achillea >

millefolium >

Yarrow (Common Yarrow, Gordaldo, Nosebleed plant, Old Man's Pepper, Sanguinary, Soldier's Woundwort, Thousand-leaf, Thousand-seal; Achillea millefolium) is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to the Northern Hemisphere.

Common yarrow is an erect herbaceous perennial plant.

Read about Yarrow in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Achillea millefolium, Linn. Milfoil. Yarrow. Height 1-3 ft.: lvs. bipinnately parted, segms. linear, 3-5 cleft: fls. in flat corymbs. June-Oct. Eu.,Asia, Amer. Common in pastures. — Less commonly cult., than vars. rubrum and roseum, with red or purple fls. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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Varieties

There are several varieties and subspecies:

• Achillea millefolium subsp. millefolium
  • Achillea millefolium subsp. millefolium var. millefolium - Europe, Asia
  • Achillea millefolium subsp. millefolium var. alpicola - Rocky Mountains
  • Achillea millefolium subsp. millefolium var. borealis - Arctic regions
  • Achillea millefolium subsp. millefolium var. californica - California
  • Achillea millefolium subsp. millefolium var. occidentalis - North America
  • Achillea millefolium subsp. millefolium var. pacifica - west coast of North America
  • Achillea millefolium subsp. millefolium var. puberula - California
  • Achillea millefolium subsp. millefolium var. rubra - Southern Appalachians
• Achillea millefolium subsp. chitralensis - western Himalaya
• Achillea millefolium subsp. sudetica - Alps, Carpathians

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

External links

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