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Achillea millefolium L.
common yarrow



General Information
Symbol: ACMI2
Group: Dicot
Family: Asteraceae
Duration: Perennial
Growth Habit: Forb/herb
Native Status: AK   N
CAN   I,N
GL   N
HI   I
L48   I,N
SPM   I,N
Other Common Names: milenrama
milfoil
Characteristics
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Native Status:
lower 48 status L48    Alaska status AK    Hawaii status HI    Puerto Rico status PR    Virgin Islands status VI    Navassa Island NAV    Canada status CAN    Greenland status GL    Saint Pierre and Michelon status SPM    North America NA   

Images

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©J.S. Peterson. USDA NRCS National Plant Data Center (NPDC). United States, AZ, Flagstaff, Arboretum. July 14, 2001. Usage Requirements.

©J.S. Peterson. USDA NRCS National Plant Data Center (NPDC). United States, AZ, Flagstaff, Arboretum. July 14, 2001. Usage Requirements.

©J.S. Peterson. USDA NRCS National Plant Data Center (NPDC). United States, MO, Saint Louis, Missouri Botanical Garden. October 14, 2002. Usage Requirements.

©Gary A. Monroe. United States, OR, Harney Co. July 27, 2002. Usage Requirements.

©Gary A. Monroe. United States, OR, Harney Co. July 27, 2002. Usage Requirements.

©Gary A. Monroe. United States, NV, Washoe Co. Usage Requirements.

©Gary A. Monroe. United States, NV, Washoe Co. Usage Requirements.

©Thomas G. Barnes. Usage Requirements.

Clarence A. Rechenthin. Provided by USDA NRCS East Texas PMC (ETPMC). United States, TX, Wichita Falls vicinity, S. of town. Usage Requirements.

Patrick J. Alexander. Usage Requirements.

©Gary A. Monroe. United States, CA, Channel Islands National Park, San Miguel Island. May 5, 2006. Usage Requirements.

©Gary A. Monroe. United States, CA, Channel Islands National Park, San Miguel Island. May 5, 2006. Usage Requirements.

©Gary A. Monroe. United States, CA, Sierra Co. 2002. Usage Requirements.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 3: 515. Provided by Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Synonyms

Classification

Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS Classification Report.
Rank Scientific Name and Common Name
Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Asteridae
Order Asterales
Family Asteraceae ⁄ Compositae – Aster family
Genus Achillea L. – yarrow
Species Achillea millefolium L. – common yarrow

Subordinate Taxa

The Plants Database includes the following 12 subspecies of Achillea millefolium . Click below on a thumbnail map or name for subspecies profiles.

Legal Status

U.S. Weed Information
Achillea millefolium
bloodwort
carpenter's weed
common yarrow
hierba de las cortaduras
milfoil
plumajillo
This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below.This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.
KY Haragan, P.D.. 1991. Weeds of Kentucky and adjacent states: a field guide. The University Press of Kentucky. Lexington, Kentucky.
N'EAST Uva, R.H., J.C. Neal,and J.M. DiTomaso. 1997. Weeds of the Northeast. Cornell University Press. Ithaca, New York.
NE&GP Stubbendieck, J., G.Y. Friisoe,and M.R. Bolick. 1994. Weeds of Nebraska and the Great Plains. Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Lincoln, Nebraska.
SWSS Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status

Top Level Regions
Hawaii UPL
North America
Alaska FACU
Arid West FACU
Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain FACU
Eastern Mountains and Piedmont FACU
Great Plains FACU
Midwest FACU
Northcentral & Northeast FACU
Western Mountains, Valleys, and Coast FACU

Wildlife

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