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common yarrow complex
Achillea millefolium
Achillea millefolium, commonly known as yarrow /ˈjæroʊ/ or common yarrow, is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere in Asia and Europe and North America. It has been introduced as a feed for livestock in New Zealand and Australia, where it is a common weed of both wet and dry areas, such as roadsides, meadows, fields and coastal places.
24 branches of this group, most-observed first
common yarrow
speciesAchillea millefolium
Asian Yarrow
speciesAchillea asiatica
bristly yarrow
speciesAchillea setacea
Pink Rose Yarrow
speciesAchillea roseoalba
boreal yarrow
speciesAchillea borealis
Hungarian yarrow
speciesAchillea pannonica
hill yarrow
speciesAchillea collina
eastern yarrow
speciesAchillea gracilis
Tall Yarrow
speciesAchillea distans
Achillea aspleniifolia
speciesAchillea aspleniifolia
Achillea inundata
speciesAchillea inundata
Achillea apiculata
speciesAchillea apiculata
Achillea pratensis
speciesAchillea pratensis
Achillea stepposa
speciesAchillea stepposa
Achillea ceretanica
speciesAchillea ceretanica
Achillea schmakovii
speciesAchillea schmakovii
Achillea carpatica
speciesAchillea carpatica
Achillea euxina
speciesAchillea euxina
Achillea sergievskiana
speciesAchillea sergievskiana
Achillea × borzae
hybridAchillea × borzae
Achillea × buiana
hybridAchillea × buiana
Achillea × coziana
hybridAchillea × coziana
Achillea × incognita
hybridAchillea × incognita
Achillea × obscura
hybridAchillea × obscura
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
The Book of Health: The Art of Distillation
Brunschwig, Hieronymus · 1505 · p.145
The Great Herbary with all the figures of the herbs
1532 · p.205
Book of Herbs
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1546 · p.393
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.1179
Discourses on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Dioscorides; Pietro Andrea Mattioli (comm.) · 1568 · p.1382
Six Groups of the History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.2
Six Groups of the History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.120
The Dutch Herbarium or Herbal
Petrus Nylandt · 1670 · p.96
In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1105043.