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Common Yarrow
( Achillea millefolium )
Achillea millefolium
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About Common Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
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Yarrow is an all-star, popular plant choice among California native gardeners, including beginners! It is durable and easy to grow in a wide range of soil types and has low moisture requirements. It reseeds and spreads quickly, making it a good groundcover plant for lawn replacement.
Yarrow's abundant white flowers attract bees, butterflies, and other insects. It is a staple in native pollinator gardens throughout the state. Yarrow has many alternative common names, including soldier's woundwort and nosebleed plant. They reflect its long history as an important medicinal plant.
Plant Description
Plant Type
Perennial herb
Size
1 - 3 ft tall
.5 - 1.5 ft wide
Form
Upright, Spreading
Growth Rate
Fast, Moderate
Dormancy
Evergreen, Summer Deciduous, Summer Semi-Deciduous
Fragrance
Fragrant - Pleasant
Flower Color
White, Yellow
Flowering Season
Summer, Spring
Wildlife Supported
carnivorous insects; butterflies; bees
Butterflies & moths hosted ( 5
confirmed
, 10
likely
* )
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Northern Scurfy Quaker
Homorthodes furfurata
Homorthodes furfurata
Olive Arches
Lacinipolia olivacea
Lacinipolia olivacea
Yarrow Plume Moth
Gillmeria pallidactyla
Gillmeria pallidactyla
Smeathmann's Aethes Moth
Aethes smeathmanniana
Aethes smeathmanniana
Sparganothis senecionana
Sparganothis senecionana
*
Wavy-Lined Emerald
Synchlora aerata
Synchlora aerata
*
Spotted Straw Sun Moth
Heliothis phloxiphaga
Heliothis phloxiphaga
Landscaping Information
Sun
Full Sun, Part Shade, Full Shade
Moisture
Low
Summer Irrigation
Max 1x / week once established
Nurseries
Carried by 112
Ease of Care
Very Easy
Cold Tolerance
Tolerates cold to -10 - -15° F
Soil Drainage
Fast, Medium, Slow
Soil Description
Nearly any type except very wet. Because of its deep roots it has been used to control erosion.. Soil PH: 4 - 8
Common uses
Bank Stabilization, Bee Gardens, Bird Gardens, Butterfly Gardens, Deer Resistant, Groundcovers
Companion Plants
Lonicera interrupta
;
Stipa lepida
Maintenance
Benefits from division every other year
Propagation
?
Spreads by rhizomes. Plant seed in warm soil, max 1/4 inch under so sun can get to it. Can become invasive. For propagating by seed: No treatment.
Sunset Zones
?
1, 2, 3, 4*, 5*, 6*, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17*, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
Natural Setting
Site Type
meadow; disturbed places
Climate
Annual Precipitation: 5.9" - 154.7", Summer Precipitation: 0.14" - 5.70", Coldest Month: 18.6" - 57.3", Hottest Month: 40.5" - 80.3", Humidity: 0.02" - 29.10", Elevation: -36" - 12005"
Alternative Names
Botanical Names
: Achillea puberula,Achillea borealis
Common Names
: Bloodwort, Carpenter's Weed, Devil's Nettle, Gordaldo, Hierba De Las Cortaduras, Milfoil, Nosebleed Plant, Old Man's Pepper, Plumajillo, Sanguinary, Soldier's Woundwort, Thousand-leaf, Thousand-seal
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Common Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
Sources include:
Wikipedia
. All text shown in the "About" section of these pages is available under the
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the
California Consortia of Herbaria
, Sunset information provided by
Jepson Flora Project
. Propogation from seed information provided by the
Santa Barbara Botanical Garden
from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Emery. Sources of plant photos include
CalPhotos
,
Wikimedia Commons
, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Other general sources of information include
Calflora
,
CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online
,
Jepson Flora Project
,
Las Pilitas
,
Theodore Payne
,
Tree of Life
,
The Xerces Society
, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from
PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University
, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.
Links:
Jepson eFlora Taxon Page
CalPhotos
Wikipedia
Calflora
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