Achillea millefolium

Achillea millefolium


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Genus	Achillea

2n =

Origin : area of origin

wild or cultivated

Uses summary

Description

1, plant habit; 2, middle part of stem with leaf; 3, upper part of flowering stem; 4, ray flower and involucral bract; 5, disk flower and receptacle scale; 6, achene from disk flower; 7, achene from ray flower (PROSEA, Iskak Syamsudin)

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Classification

Cultivars

History

Uses

HUNDRED-LEAVED GRASS. MILFOIL. NOSEBLEED. SANGUINARY. THOUSAND-SEAL. YARROW. Europe, Asia and America. In some parts of Sweden, yarrow is said to be employed as a substitute for hops in the preparation of beer, to which it is supposed to add an intoxicating effect^[1].

↑ U S. Disp. 17. 1865.

Sturtevant, Notes on edible plants, 1919.

References

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[1] U S. Disp. 17. 1865.

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