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Coyote Hills Regional Park
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French Ranch Open Space Preserve
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Marin County Complete List (CNPS)
Marin Headlands Coastal Trail
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Marina SB (NRDB.org)
Marshall Beach Road Native Plants
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Milagra Ridge (NRDB.org)
Miller/Knox Regional Shoreline
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Modini Mayacamas Preserve
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Morgan Territory Regional Preserve
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Nicasio Ridge
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Pescadero SB (NRDB.org)
Pfeiffer Big Sur SP (NRDB.org)
Picchetti Ranch OSP (NRDB.org)
Pigeon Point Light Station SHP (NRDB.org)
Pillar Point Bluff (NRDB.org)
Pinnacles National Park
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Point Cabrillo Light Station and Preserve
Point Lobos SNR (NRDB.org)
Point Mugu State Park
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Portola Valley Ranch Approved Plants
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Presidio (NRDB.org)
Presidio Golf Course Natural Area
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Quarry Lakes Regional Recreation Area
Rancho Canada del Oro OSP (NRDB.org)
Rancho Corral de Tierra (NRDB.org)
Ravenswood OSP (NRDB.org)
Redwood Regional Park
Reinhardt Redwood Serpentine Prairie
Richardson Grove State Park
Ring Mountain
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Salt Point SP (NRDB.org)
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Stagecoach Hill Azalea Reserve
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Stevens Creek CP (NRDB.org)
Stulsaft Park (NRDB.org)
Sugar Pine Point State Park
Sugarloaf Ridge SP (NRDB.org)
Sunol Regional Wilderness
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Sunset State Beach
Sutter Buttes State Park
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Tahoe State Recreation Area
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Tank Hill
Temescal Regional Recreation Area
Terra Linda/Sleepy Hollow
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Thornton SB (NRDB.org)
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Upper Stevens Creek
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Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
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Flower
White
Pink
Many Petals
Alternate
Typical Height
Perennial
Native
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
.
Photo Gallery (71 ) click any picture to enlarge
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 ...