Yarrow - Achillea millefolium
Short to medium hairy, stoloniferous plant, often patch forming, strong smelling, stems erect, unbranched. Leaves feathery, lanceolate. Flowerheads small, white, occasionally pink or reddish, with a white or cream disk, 4 to 6 mm, borne in dense flat topped heads, rays short.
Feathery leaves
Grassy habitats, roadside verges, waste places.
July to October.
Perennial.
Very common in Britain.
Very commonin in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 602 of the 617 tetrads.
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Species profile
- Common names
- Yarrow
- Species group:
- Wildflowers
- Kingdom:
- Plantae
- Order:
- Asterales
- Family:
- Asteraceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 568
- First record:
- 21/09/2005 (Lizzy Peat)
- Last record:
- 31/12/2024 (Pugh, Dylan)
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