• Common name : Yarrow
• Scientific name : Achilleamillefolium
• Family : Asteraceae
• Native land : Europe, Western Asia, North America
The name ‘Achillea’ comes from Achilles, the hero of the Trojan War in Greek mythology, who used the plant medicinally to stop bleeding and to heal the wounds of his soldiers. It is a rhizomatous, spreading, upright to matforming perennial. The plant grows up to 2 feet tall. It produces deeplydissected, fern-like, aromatic, medium green foliage and tiny, long-lasting, white flowers. The flowers are produced in flat corymbs in early to late summer. The plant is used for cottage gardens, wild gardens, meadows, prairies and naturalised areas.
