YARROW

​​Achillea millefolium

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CLASSIFICATION—
Flowering Perennial

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Leaves finely divided, feathered in form
Upright slender stems
Flat-topped clusters of small white flowers, occasionally pink

Shallow spreading root system

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SEASON—

High summer flowering
Cut in full bloom
 

 

ARCHIVE—

Field medicine note, 18th century

“Yarrow hath been carried for the stanching of blood, and applied fresh to wounds made by iron.”

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CORRESPONDENCES—
Iron

Field
High summer

 

NAMES—

Yarrow
Common yarrow
Milfoil

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