Common Yarrow

Other names

Milfoil, Nose-Bleed, Sanguinary, Thousand-Seal

Growth habit

Herbaceous

Perennation

Long-lived polycarpic perennial

Native distribution

Not Native to the Finger Lakes Region, Europe, Western Asia, North America; Naturalized As A Weed in Australia and New Zealand

Biocultural value

Leaves contain compounds, including salicylic acid, that provide analgesic and anti-inflammatory actions. It has been used since ancient times as first-aid remedy.

Location

Mundy Wildflower Garden, Robison Herb Garden, Coy Glen, Edwards Lake Cliffs Preserve, Fischer Old-growth Forest, McLean Bogs, Salt Road Fen, South Hill Swamp

Source of plant

Richters

Description

Strongly aromatic, rhizomatous perennial to 3' in height. Leaves finely 2- to 3-pinnate, lower leaveslanceolate to oblanceolate, to 8" long, long-petioled, the upper leaves lanceolate to linear, sessile, theheads about 1/4" across in round to flat corymbs; flowers usually white.

USDA Hardiness Zone

3

Special characteristics

medicinal/pharmaceutical

Status

L4|S5|G5