North Carolina Botanical Garden

Plant Index

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Achillea millefolium

Achillea millefolium L.

common yarrow, thousandleaf, yarrow

Cultivar(s): Apple Blossom, Coronation Gold, Rosea

Image ID: 9822
Image by: Sorrie, Bruce A.
Image Collection: NCBG Digital Library

PLANT INDEX

ID_PLANT: ACMI2
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Achillea millefolium
Include in WOTAS: 0
Publish to Web: 1
Last Modified: 2017-01-10

CULTIVAR INDEX

Cult_id	Cultivar_name	Action
1148	Apple Blossom	View
134	Coronation Gold	View
135	Rosea	View

GENUS INDEX

GENUS CODE: ACHIL
GENUS SCIENTIFIC: Achillea
GENUS AUTHORITY: L.
GENUS COMMON: Yarrow
GENUS SUMMARY: A genus of about 115 species, herbs, primarily Eurasian.
GENUS IDENTIFICATION:
GENUS REFERENCES: Ramsey, Robertson, & Husband (2008)=Y; Guo, Ehrendorfer & Samuel (2004); Guo et al. (2005); Cronquist (1980)=SE; Arriagada & Miller (1997)=Z; Trock in FNA (2006a).

FAMILY INDEX

FAMILY CODE: ASTERA
FAMILY SCIENTIFIC: Asteraceae
FAMILY AUTHORITY: Dumortier 1822 or COMPOSITAE Giseke 1792
FAMILY COMMON: Aster Family
FAMILY SUMMARY: A family of about 1500-1700 genera and 20,000-25,000 species, shrubs, herbs, trees, and vines, cosmopolitan in distribution.
FAMILY REFERENCE: Cronquist (1980)=SE throughout family treatment.

NCBG DESCRIPTIVES

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DURATION: Perennial
HABIT: Herb

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FLORAL CHARACTERISTICS
SYMMETRY:
BLOOM TIME: Apr-Nov

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White	Red	Pink	Orange	Yellow	Green	Blue	Lavender	Purple	Violet	Brown	Not Applicable
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DISTRIBUTION
HABITAT TYPE: Disturbed
NATIVE RANGE: North America & Europe

HORTICULTURAL
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SOIL MOISTURE: Dry, Average
LIGHT EXPOSURE: Sun, Part Shade
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GRIM COLLECTIONS

Coll_id	Project	Collection date	Collector	Action
1997	HORT	2020-01-01	Wenck	View

GRIM ACCESSIONS

acc_id	acc_num	acc_dt	coll_id	Action
1208	1986-0977			View
2250	1986-2073			View
2730	1987-0213			View
3467	1991-0112			View
3481	1991-0130			View
4409	1992-0565			View
5241	1995-0360			View
5460	1995-0583			View
7143	1999-0104	1999-09-15		View
9281	2020-0013	2020-06-26	1997	View

GRIM PLANTINGS

plt_num	acc_id	loc_num	pers_num	inst_dt	Action
2089	1208	81	NCBG staff	0000-00-00	View
3913	2250	84	NCBG staff	1967-12-31	View
3914	2250	85	NCBG staff	1967-12-31	View
3915	2250	89	NCBG staff	1967-12-31	View
3916	2250	92	NCBG staff	1967-12-31	View
4550	2730	8	NCBG staff	1978-10-01	View
4551	2730	96	NCBG staff	1978-10-01	View
5713	3467	8	NCBG staff	1990-06-01	View
5735	3481	96	NCBG staff	1989-10-01	View
6737	4409	200	NCBG staff	1993-03-01	View
7694	5241	203	NCBG staff	1992-01-01	View
7974	5460	204	NCBG staff	1993-01-01	View
10087	7143	115	NCBG staff	1999-05-01	View
12413	9281	222	Briggs	2020-05-05	View
12511	9281	220	Briggs	2020-05-05	View

USDA PLANTS DATABASE

USDA Symbol: ACMI2
USDA Common Name: Common Yarrow
Native Status: L48 (NI), AK (N), HI (I), CAN (NI), GL (N), SPM (NI)
Distribution: USA (AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, NU, ON,
Duration: Perennial
Growth Habit: Forb/herb

NATIONAL WETLAND INDICATOR STATUS

Region:	AGCP	AK	AW	CB	EMP	GP	HI	MW	NCNE	WMVE
Status:	FACU	FACU	FACU		FACU	FACU	UPL	FACU	FACU	FACU

This information is derived from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 2016 National Wetland Plant List, Version 3.3 (Lichvar, R.W., D.L. Banks, W.N. Kirchner, and N.C. Melvin. 2016. The National Wetland Plant List: 2016 wetland ratings. Phytoneuron 2016-30: 1-17. Published 28 April 2016. ISSN 2153 733X). Regions: AGCP-Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain, AK-Alaska, AW-Arid West, CB-Caribbean, EMP-Eastern Mountains and Piedmont, GP-Great Plains, HI-Hawaii, MW-Midwest, NCNE-Northcentral and Northeast, WMCV-Western Mountains, Valleys & Coast

WEAKLEY FLORA

SCIENTIFIC NAME: Achillea millefolium
COMMON NAME: Yarrow, Thousandleaf
SYNONYMY: [= A. millefolium - FNA, Pa, RAB, SE; = A. millefolium ssp. millefolium - C, G; = A. millefolium - F, Y, Z; < A. millefolium var. millefolium - Il; = A. millefolium var. millefolium - K]
PHENOLOGY: Apr-Nov.
HABITAT: Disturbed areas near ports, native of Eurasia.
COMMENTS: Only a few collections of the European races of the Achillea millefolium aggregate are known, from near old port cities (J. Ramsey, pers. comm.).
RANGE MAP: Achillea millefolium.png

Key to Map Symbols

ABOUT FAMILY (Weakley Flora)
Asteraceae Dumortier 1822 or COMPOSITAE Giseke 1792 (Aster Family)
SUMMARY: A family of about 1500-1700 genera and 20,000-25,000 species, shrubs, herbs, trees, and vines, cosmopolitan in distribution.
REFERENCE: Cronquist (1980)=SE throughout family treatment.

ABOUT GENUS (Weakley Flora)
Achillea L. (Yarrow)
SUMMARY: A genus of about 115 species, herbs, primarily Eurasian.
REFERENCE: Ramsey, Robertson, & Husband (2008)=Y; Guo, Ehrendorfer & Samuel (2004); Guo et al. (2005); Cronquist (1980)=SE; Arriagada & Miller (1997)=Z; Trock in FNA (2006a).

HERBARIUM RESOURCES

SERNEC: Find Achillea millefolium in Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)
UNC SERNEC: Find Achillea millefolium in University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Herbarium - Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)

WEB RESOURCES

USDA: Find Achillea millefolium in USDA Plants
NPIN: Find Achillea millefolium in NPIN Database
FNA: Find Achillea millefolium in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Achillea millefolium

IMAGE USE RECORDS

ID IMAGE: 9822 - Primary Image FloraQuest Plant Detail Page (Landscape Preferred)
ID IMAGE1: 9822 - Primary Image WOTAS
ID IMAGE2: 9822 - Secondary Image WOTAS
ID IMAGE3: 0 - Primary Image Plant Sale Sign (Landscape Only)
ID IMAGE4: 0 - Primary Image New Plant Sale Label (Portrait Only)