Species

Achillea millefolium

Etymology

Achillea: Named after Achilles, who used plants of the genus to treat the wounds of his soldiers at the siege of Troy.
millefolium: many leaved; from the Latin mille and folium

Common Name(s)

yarrow

Authority

Achillea millefolium L.

Family

Asteraceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Exotic

NVS Species Code

ACHMIL

The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.

Structural Class

Dicotyledonous Herbs - Composites

Flower Colours

Violet / Purple,White

Year Naturalised

1867

Origin

Europe, Caucasia, Iran, Siberia, Himalayas

This page last updated on 6 May 2011