YARROW
			Achillea millifolium
	HOME Botanical Terms Lists: Master Plant List Flowering Times List Flowers by Color/Type Endangered Species List Habitat List Use the 'back' button on your browser to return, if necessary.		I'm sure i have a better picture of Yarrow here somewhere. Note: The ferny leaves are not the ones pictured in the background. FAMILY: Sunflower Family (Asteraceae) DESCRIPTION: Numerous clusters of small (< 1/4" across) whitish flowers forming flat-topped heads 2 - 3" across. The grey-green leaves are very finely dissected and have a feathery appearance, with the basal leaves being longer. Height of plant is 1 - 3' tall. FLOWERS: May to October HABITAT: Old fields, roadsides, and waste places. OTHER INFORMATION: Yarrow has many medicinal purposes, not the least of which is to treat hemorrhaging (and as a styptic) and to break a fever by increasing perspiration.. Yarrow has a distinctive pleasant smell when the leaves are crushed. Varieties of Yarrow such as Yellow Yarrow are becoming fashionable again in gardens, from whence it originally escaped. OTHER OBSERVATIONS: My observations about this plant can be found at: OFFSITE INFORMATION: Some more information on yarrow from the California Academy of Sciences, which suggests yarrow as a lawn cover in dry areas like CA, and apparently it tolerates mowing pretty well. The Rutgers Cooperative Extension views yarrow as a weed, but has more pictures.