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Common Yarrow

Flowering Plants

A flowering perennial native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere across Europe, Asia and North America, introduced to New Zealand and Australia. It grows twenty centimeters to a meter tall from a spreading rhizome, with finely divided, fernlike leaves, a pungent odor, and flat-topped clusters of small white to pink flowers. It grows in grasslands and open forests from sea level up to 3,500 meters, favoring well-drained soil and full sun but tolerating poorer conditions, and has long been used for wound healing, as well as in ornamental gardening, companion planting, erosion control and natural dyeing.

Facts

Classification

Diet

Photosynthetic Autotroph 1

System (Realm)

Terrestrial 2

Relationship to People

Used in Traditional Medicine 1

Living or Extinct

Yes 3

Comparison

NatureServe Rank

G5 Secure 4

CITES Appendix

Not Listed 5

Scientific Name

Achillea millefolium 3

Conservation Status

Least Concern 6

Connections

Child Taxon Of

Source Achillea millefolium (Wikidata)

In Biome

Source Plants For A Future: Achillea millefolium

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Sources

1. Achillea millefolium (Wikipedia)

Lead section
It has some potential uses, including in traditional medicine.
Lead, sentence naming the group it belongs to
Achillea millefolium, commonly known as yarrow () or common yarrow, is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae.

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2. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)

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3. Achillea millefolium (Wikidata)

Wikidata

Wikidata Q25408 (P225 taxon name)
Statements section, conservation status (P141)
IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
Child Taxon Of: Achillea, Wikidata P171 (parent taxon) claim, rank=normal, target=Q146617 (Achillea)

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4. NatureServe Explorer: Achillea millefolium

NatureServe ExplorerGlobal rank (roundedGRank)

Quote, Global rank (roundedGRank)

"roundedGRank": "G5"

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5. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Asterales

UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12418

Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12418

"cites_listing":"I/III/NC","eu_listing":"A/C/D/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Plantae","phylum":null,"class":null,"order":"Asterales","family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[],"cites_listings":[]

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6. Common Yarrow (Wikipedia)

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UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Asteraceae

UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12520

Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12520

"active":true,"cites_listing":"NC"

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Plant (Wikipedia)

Lead, whole group is photosynthetic

Quote, Lead, whole group is photosynthetic

They are predominantly photosynthetic or came from photosynthetic ancestors, meaning that they obtain their energy from sunlight by using the green pigment chlorophyll in their chloroplasts to produce sugars from carbon dioxide and water.

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Plants For A Future: Achillea millefolium

Plants For A FutureIn Biome: Grassland, Habitats

Quote, In Biome: Grassland, Habitats

Meadows, pastures, lawns etc. on all but the poorest soils

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