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§1 Plant

Achillea millefolium L.

vernacular common yarrow — species · Asteraceae

USDA
ACMI2
GBIF
3120060
Rank
species
common yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
Platephotograph · Steve GuttmanCC BY-NC-ND source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl
Genus
Achillea
§2a

Native status, by region

  • AK Alaska Native
  • CAN Canada Introduced
  • GL Greenland Native
  • HI Hawaii Introduced
  • L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
  • SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Introduced
§2b

County-level range

· 2,039 counties across 49 states/territories
Legend Native · 23 Introduced · 1 Both · 2015 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
Medium
Shade
Medium
Moisture use
Medium
Fire
High
Salinity
Low
Anaerobic
None
CaCO₃
Medium
Hedging
None
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-38 °F minimum
Frost-free days
120 min.
Precipitation
8–60 in/yr
pH range
6–8
Root depth
8 in min.
Fertility need
Medium
Soil texture
medium
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Rhizomatous
Growth rate
Moderate
Lifespan
Moderate
Mature height
3 ft
Foliage texture
Fine
Foliage colour
Green
Porosity (summer)
Porous
Porosity (winter)
Porous
Flower colour
White
Fruit colour
Brown
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
Toxicity
Slight
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Early Summer
Seed abundance
Medium
Seed begins
Summer
Seed ends
Summer
Spread rate
Slow
Stratify
No
Seeds / lb
2,852,012
Propagation
seed, container, sprigs
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
Routinely Available
Nursery stock
Yes
Browse palatability
Medium
Graze palatability
Low
Palatable, human
No
Protein potential
Low
Lumber
No
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 2,039 counties across 49 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 10 B ▾
Alaska view state ↗ 23 N ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 9 B ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 59 B ▾
California view state ↗ 54 B ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 41 B ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 B ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 B ▾
Florida view state ↗ 11 B ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 20 B ▾
Hawaii view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 39 B ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 102 B ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 87 B ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 28 B ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 92 B ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 81 B ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 32 B ▾
Maine view state ↗ 16 B ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 14 B ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 79 B ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 80 B ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 2 B ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 110 B ▾
Montana view state ↗ 55 B ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 45 B ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 17 B ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 10 B ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 19 B ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 26 B ▾
New York view state ↗ 40 B ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 88 B ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 49 B ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 79 B ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 51 B ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 35 B ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 67 B ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 5 B ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 30 B ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 41 B ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 48 B ▾
Texas view state ↗ 65 B ▾
Utah view state ↗ 29 B ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 14 B ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 100 B ▾
Washington view state ↗ 39 B ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 2 B ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 71 B ▾
Wyoming view state ↗ 22 B ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/ACMI2 ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/3120060 ↗

Record version

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