| Description | Common Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) is a native Yarrow with white to pinkish flat-topped flower heads. |
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| Pronunciation | (ak-i-LEE-ah)(mil-lee-FO-le-um) |
| Plant Type | Perennials Hardy, Wild Flowers, Site author's observations |
| Hardiness Zone | 5 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average, moderate to moist |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | usually white, some pinkish forms, rounded flat-topped inflorescence, individual ray flowers 1/4 inch wide, usually five petals |
| Leaves | lace-shaped, thin, finely pinnately divided into segments, blue-green, aromatic, fibrous stem |
| Stems | spreads by rhizoms |
| Dimensions | 8-40 inches tall depending on the growing conditions |
| Maintenance | After flowering shear back the plants and they will form a dense mat of foliage. If they start dying out in the center remove some of the healthier outside clumps and replant. |
| Propagation | seeds, division, cuttings |
| Misc Facts | Achillea honours for some authorities a hero of Greek mythology Achilles. Millefolium is derived from Latin mille- (thousand) and -folia (leaved) components meaning ‘many leaved’. (www.plantlives.com) |
| Notes & Reference | #100-Wildflowers of Wisconsin and the Upper Midwest (Black and Judziewicz), #137-A Field Guide to Wildflower of North America (Joan Barker) |
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