Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) Login         


        Description
  • EW Bloom Apr - Jul
  • Height to 5 ft.
  • Flat-topped clusters of small white flowerheads bloom throughout the summer.
  • Leaves are alternate and finely divided.
  • Found in grasslands and open areas.
  • This common California plant is circumpolar, occurring in Europe and Asia as well as North America.
  • CA native
  • AKA Common Yarrow
  • Aster Family (Asteraceae)



Yarrow has flat clusters of white flowers.



Its leaves are finely-divided. They smell great when you rub them.



Each composite flower has 3-8 petal-like ray flowers and up to 12 disk flowers.

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Yarrow stands erect, to 3 feet tall. Flat, white flower clusters top each stem.

Yarrow is covered with fine, cobwebby hair. Leaves look feathery. They're [[alternate]] and distributed evenly along the stem, getting shorter n ...

Leaves are divided several times and appear thick. Some leaflets fuse with their neighbors, and others are completely divided. They angle upward ...

A double cluster of Yarrow flowers appears at the top of each stem. First, the flower stalk divides several times - once for each composite flower. ...

Here are a few flowers close up. The tight clusters with pale orange parts are [[disk flowers]]. The beautiful round-petals belong to the [[ray ...