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Yarrow
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Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)

Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Division:Magnoliophyta
Class:Magnoliopsida
Order:Asterales
Family:Asteraceae
Genus:Achillea
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Species


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Achillea is a genus of about 85 flowering plants, in the family Asteraceae, commonly referred to as yarrow. They occur in Europe and temperate areas of Asia. A few grow in North America. These plants typically have frilly, hairy, aromatic leaves.

These plants show large, flat clusters of small flowers at the top of the stem. These flowers can be white, yellow, orange, pink or red. A number of species are popular garden plants.

The genus was named for the Greek mythological character Achilles. According to the Iliad, Achilles' soldiers used yarrow to treat wounds [1], hence some of its common names such as allheal and bloodwort.

Achillea species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species - see list of Lepidoptera which feed on Achillea.

Species

  • Achillea abrotanoides
  • Achillea ageratifolia : Balkan Yarrow, Greek Yarrow
  • Achillea aegyptiaca: Egyptian Yarrow
  • Achillea ageratum : Sweet Yarrow, Sweet Nancy, English Mace
  • Achillea albicaulis
  • Achillea aleppica
  • Achillea ambrosiaca
  • Achillea armenorum
  • Achillea asplenifolia
  • Achillea atrata
  • Achillea aucheri
  • Achillea barbeyana
  • Achillea barrelieri
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Achillea asplenifolia
  • Achillea biebersteinii
  • Achillea brachyphylla
  • Achillea bulgarica
  • Achillea cartilaginea : Silver Spray Yarrow
  • Achillea chrysocoma
  • Achillea clavennae : Silvery Yarrow
  • Achillea clusiana
  • Achillea clypeolata
  • Achillea coarctata
  • Achillea collina
  • Achillea cretica
  • Achillea crithmifolia
  • Achillea cucullata
  • Achillea decolorans = synonym of Achillea ageratum Garden Mace
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Silvery Yarrow (Achillea clavenae)
  • Achillea depressa
  • Achillea distans : Alps Yarrow
  • Achillea erba-rotta : Musk Milfoil
  • Achillea falcata
  • Achillea filipendulina Fernleaf Yarrow
  • Achillea fraasii : Filigree Yarrow
  • Achillea fragantissima
  • Achillea lewisii
  • Achillea goniocephala
  • Achillea grandiflora
  • Achillea griseovirens
  • Achillea gypsicola
  • Achillea holosericea
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Purple yarrow
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White yarrow
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Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
  • Achillea horanszkyi
  • Achillea huteri
  • Achillea kelleri
  • Achillea kotschyi
  • Achillea lanulosa : White Yarrow
  • Achillea ligustica : Ligurian Yarrow
  • Achillea lingulata
  • Achillea macrophylla : Broad-leaved Yarrow
  • Achillea membranacea
  • Achillea micrantha
  • Achillea millefolium : Milfoil, Yarrow, Allheal, Thousand-leaf, Bloodwort, Carpenter's Grass, Cammock, Green arrow, Gordoloba, Plumajillo, Sneezeweed, Nosebleed, Green Adder's Mouth, Soldier's Woundwort, Dog Daisy, Old-man's-pepper
  • Achillea millefolium alpicola : Common Yarrow
  • Achillea millefolium arenicola : Common Yarrow
  • Achillea millefolium borealis : Boreal Yarrow, Northern Yarrow
  • Achillea millefolium californica : California Yarrow, Western Yarrow
  • Achillea millefolium gigantea : Giant Yarrow
  • Achillea millefolium litoralis : Coast Yarrow
  • Achillea millefolium megacephala : Largehead Yarrow
  • Achillea millefolium millefolium : Common Yarrow
  • Achillea millefolium nigrescens : Common Yarrow
  • Achillea millefolium occidentalis : Western Yarrow
  • Achillea millefolium pacifica : Pacific Yarrow
  • Achillea millefolium puberula : Common Yarrow
  • Achillea mongolica = synonym of Achillea sibirica
  • Achillea monocephala
  • Achillea moschata : Musk Milfoil, Forest Lady's Herb
  • Achillea nana : Dwarf Alpine Yarrow
  • Achillea nobilis : Noble Yarrow, Creamy Yarrow
  • Achillea ochroleuca
  • Achillea odorata
  • Achillea oxyloba
  • Achillea oxyodonta
  • Achillea pannonica
  • Achillea phrygia
  • Achillea ptarmica : Sneezewort, Sneezeweed, Seezewort Yarrow, Bachelor's Buttons
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Sweet Yarrow (Achillea ageratum)
  • Achillea pyrenaica
  • Achillea roseo-alba
  • Achillea rupestris
  • Achillea santolina
  • Achillea schischkinii
  • Achillea sedelmeyeriana
  • Achillea setacea
  • Achillea sibirica : Siberian Yarrow
  • Achillea sintenisii
  • Achillea sipikorensis
  • Achillea sudetica = synonym of Achillea millefolium alpestris
  • Achillea sulpherea
  • Achillea talagonica
  • Achillea taygetea
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Fernleaf Yarrow (Achillea filipendula)
  • Achillea tenuifolia = synonym of Achillea millefolium millefolium
  • Achillea tomentosa : Woolly Yarrow
  • Achillea tzsonii
  • Achillea umbellata
  • Achillea vermicularis
  • Achillea vermiculata
  • Achillea virescens
  • Achillea wilhelmsii
  • Achillea wilsoniana : Wilson's Yarrow

References

A. millefolium

Binomial name
Achillea millefolium
L.

Achillea millefolium or Yarrow (other common names Common Yarrow, Gordaldo, Nosebleed plant,
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A. millefolium

Binomial name
Achillea millefolium
L.

Achillea millefolium or Yarrow (other common names Common Yarrow, Gordaldo, Nosebleed plant,
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Scientific classification or biological classification is a method by which biologists group and categorize species of organisms. Scientific classification also can be called scientific taxonomy, but should be distinguished from folk taxonomy, which lacks scientific basis.
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Plantae
Haeckel, 1866[1]

Divisions

Green algae
  • Chlorophyta
  • Charophyta
Land plants (embryophytes)
  • Non-vascular land plants (bryophytes)

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Magnoliophyta

Classes

Magnoliopsida - Dicots
Liliopsida - Monocots

The flowering plants or angiosperms are the most widespread group of land plants. The flowering plants and the gymnosperms comprise the two extant groups of seed plants.
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Magnoliopsida

Magnoliopsida is the botanical name for a class of flowering plants. By definition the class will include the family Magnoliaceae, but its can otherwise vary, being more inclusive or less inclusive depending upon the classification system being
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Asterales Lindl. (1833)

Families
  • Alseuosmiaceae
  • Argophyllaceae
  • Asteraceae - Daisies
  • Calyceraceae
  • Campanulaceae (incl. Lobeliaceae) - Bellflowers
  • Goodeniaceae (incl.

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Carolus Linnaeus (Carl von Linné)

Carl von Linné, Alexander Roslin, 1775. Currently owned by and hanging at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
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Magnoliophyta

Classes

Magnoliopsida - Dicots
Liliopsida - Monocots

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leaf is an above-ground plant organ specialized for photosynthesis. For this purpose, a leaf is typically flat (laminar) and thin, to expose the cells containing chloroplast (chlorenchyma tissue, a type of parenchyma) to light over a broad area, and to allow light to penetrate
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Greek mythology is the body of stories belonging to the Ancient Greeks concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices.
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Achilles (also Akhilleus or Achilleus; Ancient Greek: Άχιλλεύς) was a hero of the Trojan War, the central character and greatest warrior of Homer's Iliad
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Scientific classification

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Arthropoda
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Achillea (yarrow) species are used as food plants by the larvae of a number of Lepidoptera species, primarily moths:
Monophagous species which feed exclusively on Achillea
  • Bucculatrix leaf miners:
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A. aegyptiaca

Binomial name
Achillea aegyptiaca
L.

Achillea aegyptiaca [1] (Egyptian Yarrow [2]) is ornamental plant in the Asteraceae family native to Europe.
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A. filipendulina

Binomial name
Achillea filipendulina
Lam.

Achillea filipendulina (Fernleaf Yarrow) is an ornamental plant in the Asteraceae family. This plant grows 4ft.
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A. millefolium

Binomial name
Achillea millefolium
L.

Achillea millefolium or Yarrow (other common names Common Yarrow, Gordaldo, Nosebleed plant,
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A. nobilis

Binomial name
Achillea nobilis
L., 1753

Achillea nobilis (Noble Yarrow) is a flowering plant in the Asteraceae family.
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A. ptarmica

Binomial name
Achillea ptarmica
L.

Achillea ptarmica (Sneezewort, Sneezeweed, Bastard Pellitory, European Pellitory, Fair-maid-of-France,
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