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Achillea millefolium

 
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Achillea millefolium - milddail, yarrow, devil's nettle, hundred-leaved grass, lace plant, nose pepper, nosebleed, old man's pepper, soldier's woundwort, thousand weed
Image: Moore, Dawn - NBGW
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Common name: milddail, yarrow, devil's nettle, hundred-leaved grass, lace plant, nose pepper, nosebleed, old man's pepper, soldier's woundwort, thousand weed
Family: Asteraceae
Distribution: Guatemala to Northern Hemisphere
Habitat: Wetlands
IUCN Red list: Least concern
Hardiness: (H7) Very hardy. < -20°C (USDA 6a-1)
Life form: Herbaceous perennial • Perlysiau lluosflwydd
Geirdarddiad / Etymology: Achillea (ak-ih-LEE-a): After the Greek warrior Achilleios, who reputedly used it to staunch wounds.
Geirdarddiad / Etymology: millefolium (mill-ee-FOH-lee-um): Many-leaved, thousand leaves.
Description: A spreading stoloniferous perennial with narrow, finely pinnately dissected leaves and small, cream or pink flowerheads in flat heads in summer.
Links: Royal Horticultural Society

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