Photographer: Merel R. Black
Achillea millefolium L.
common yarrow, milfoil
Achillea: named for Achilles, who supposedly used plants of the genus to staunch the wounds of his soldiers at the siege of Troy
millefolium: with many leaves, or leaf segments, literally "a thousand leaves"
|Plant: ||erect, perennial, 8"-40" tall, aromatic forb|
|Flower: ||head just under a 1/4" wide with 4-6 (usually 5) short, white to pinkish rays each with 3 teeth, disks white; inflorescence with many heads in a round, flat, dense cluster (corymb-like); blooms July-Oct.|
|Fruit:||seed not on fluffy pappus|
|Leaf:||finely-feathery cut, lance-shaped in outline, upper stalkless|
|Habitat: ||sun; moderate moisture to wet; fields, roadsides, disturbed sites|