Achillea nobilis (Gintzburger et al., 2003)
| Achillea nobilis (Gintzburger et al., 2003) |
Local name:
- Russian: Тысячелистник благородный - tysjačelistnik blagorodnyj
- Uzbek: Sar-Bas-Djusan, Sar-Bas-Dzhusan, Buymodaron
- Turkmen: Boy-Bodron
Chromosome numbers: 2n = 18 (Darlington and Wylie 1955; Skalinska et al. 1959).
Description and morphology: Perennial herb (height up to 50 cm). Stem: numerous from base of plant, straight. Leaves: rosette around plant base, lance-shaped, pinnate on lower stems. Small capitellum, multi-flowered stalks gathered in a corymb. Flowers: bisexual; small, and sympetalous, 5 stamens, attached to corolla tube. Ovary inferior, unilocular, with one anatropous, tenui-nucellate ovule.
Reproduction: Sexual and vegetative (rhizomes). Typical entomophilous plant. Flowering: June–August. Fruit maturation: August– September. Fruit: achene. Seed: small with large erect embryo without endosperm. Dormancy B1 type. Light-sensitive.
Pastoral importance: Satisfactory forage plant during early vegetation and flowering, eaten by all livestock. At the fruiting stage, hardly consumed because of high content of volatile oils (up to 40%).
Fodder value: At flowering forage of Achillea contains (% DM): ash 12.5; protein 21.7; fat 4.0; cellulose 8.9. At fruit stage (% DM): ash 6.25; protein 6.5; fat 3.7; cellulose 38.5; nitrogen-free extract 45.1.
Economic significance: Medicinal; aromatic bitter taste used to stimulate appetite; plant extract is used traditionally as a treatment for bleeding.
Habitat: Common on plains, foothill steppes and meadows.
Distribution: Middle Asia and Kazakhstan.
