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Photographer: Merel R. Black
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Family Asteraceae
Achillea millefolium L.
common yarrow, milfoil
Achillea: named for Achilles, who supposedly used plants of the genus to staunch the wounds of his soldiers at the siege of Troy
millefolium: with many leaves, or leaf segments, literally "a thousand leaves"
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 8"-40" tall, aromatic forb |
| Flower: | head just under a 1/4" wide with 4-6 (usually 5) short, white to pinkish rays each with 3 teeth, disks white; inflorescence with many heads in a round, flat, dense cluster (corymb-like); blooms July-Oct. |
| Fruit: | seed not on fluffy pappus |
| Leaf: | finely-feathery cut, lance-shaped in outline, upper stalkless |
| Habitat: | sun; moderate moisture to wet; fields, roadsides, disturbed sites |
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