Yarrow

(Achillea millefolium)

 

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Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)

Alien: Native of Europe.

Identification: Flowers white (rarely pink), small, with 5 broad ray florets and a small, compact disk, much resembling a 5 petaled flowered. Flowers arranged in flat-topped clusters much resembling umbels. Leaves highly dissected, fernlike. Foliage aromatic when crushed. Plant 1 to 3 feet in height.

Distribution: Throughout North America.

Habitat: A weed found along roadsides, in fields, and other disturbed sites.

Flowering period: June to August.

Line Drawing: Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada, Second Edition.

Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)

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The white flowers in flat-topped clusters, highly dissected, soft feeling leaves, and aromatic foliage are distinctive features of Yarrow.

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