Common name:
Common yarrow
Family:
Scientific name:
Achillea millefolium
Main flower color:
Range:
All areas of the UK
Height:
Between 10 cm and 40 cm
Habitat:
Grassland, roadsides, meadows, hedgerows, disturbed ground
Flowers:
Dense, flat-topped clusters of small flowerheads, attached by hairy pedicels. Flowerheads have between five and eight white (less often pink) ray florets around a centre of 10 to 20 yellowish-white disc florets. The involucre is lined by several rows of overlapping, oval-shaped phyllaries, with darker edges
Leaves:
Up to 15 cm long; finely divided two or three times into small, linear segments, with a downy hair covering
Season:
June to November
Rarity:
★★★★★
