Achillea millefolium
Common name
yarrow
Family
Asteraceae
Flora category
Vascular – Exotic
Structural class
Herbs - Dicotyledonous composites
NVS code
The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.
ACHMIL
Flower colours
Violet/Purple, White
Year naturalised
1867
Origin
Europe, Caucasia, Iran, Siberia, Himalayas
Etymology
achillea: Named after Achilles, who used plants of the genus to treat the wounds of his soldiers at the siege of Troy.
millefolium: Many leaved; from the Latin mille and folium