Common Yarrow - Achillea millefolium
Above: Common Yarrow along bank of Marion Dunn Pond in Madison, Wisconsin. (6/16/20).
Common Yarrow - Achillea millefolium
Common Yarrow is a native plant that has numerous small, white to pinkish flowers with 4-5 petals rays forming a round, flat, dense cluster.
Common Yarrow's distictive leaves The leaves are long, almost feathery, and arranged spirally on the stems.
Common Yarrow likes to grow in sunny areas like fields, roadsides, disturbed sites (moderate moisture to wet conditions).
Common Yarrow grows from 8"-40" tall and blooms July-Oct.
Other names: Milfoil.
Above: Common Yarrow stalk and leaves along bank of Marion Dunn Pond in Madison, Wisconsin. (6/16/20).
For more information on the Common Yarrow, visit Wikipedia.
Or, visit the UW-Madison Wisconsin State Herbarium website page about Common Yarrow.
Common Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
Above: Common Yarrow on shore of Marion Dunn Pond on June 17, 2020
Above: Common Yarrow the UW Arboretum Curtis Prairie on June 22, 2022.
Above: Common Yarrow leaves.
Above: Common Yarrow specimen collected in Lafayette County on June 10, 1954 and July 15, 1954.
Above: Common Yarrow botanical illustration.
Above: Common Yarrow botanical illustration.
Above: Common Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) illustration by Alice Lounsberry circa 1899.
Above: 1969 Common Yarrow illustration USDA FS.
