Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Achillea millefolium
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Achillea millefolium var. millefolium
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-79-001?:
Achillea millefolium
FAMILY
Asteraceae
COMMON NAME:
Yarrow, Thousandleaf
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_achillea_millefolium2
May Moore County NC
Fresh leaves essentially flat, the linear segments arrayed in a plane, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Achillea millefolium
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Achillea millefolium var. millefolium
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-79-001?:
Achillea millefolium
FAMILY
Asteraceae
3599
Forb
Perennial
Non-native: Eurasia
Habitat: Disturbed areas near ports, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple: 2- or 3-pinnately dissected
Basal & alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Rays: White (sometimes pink)
Disc: White
Inferior ovary
Flower heads in corymbiform arrays
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Achene
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