Achillea millefolium L.

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Ewanrigg

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Common names:	Yarrow (English)
Frequency:	Rare
Status:	Introduced
Description:	Strongly aromatic perennial herb. Leaves deeply 2-3 pinnate with linear-subulate ultimate segments. Inflorescence terminal, large, branched, flat-topped consisting of numerous small capitula. Capitula white to pale mauve-lilac. Some cultivated hybrids have other colour forms.
Notes:	Grown in gardens, and reportedly found as a naturalised escape. In SRGH on 4 August 2005, there was 1 specimen only from Division C (record no. 2332) from the Salisbury Experimental Station in 1944. There was also an empty folder for division E.
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Worldwide distribution:	Native to Europe and W Asia; introduced in many other countries.
Zimbabwe distribution:	C,E
Growth form:	P
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Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Content last updated:	Saturday 16 June 2007
Literature:	Biegel, H.M. (1977). Check-list of ornamental plants used in Rhodesian parks and gardens. Rhodesia Agricultural Journal. Research Report No. 3. Page 18.

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