Achillea millefolium L., 1753
Common names
- 🇬🇧 Yarrow
- 🇫🇷 Achillée millefeuille, Herbe au charpentier, Sourcils-de-Vénus, Millefeuille, Chiendent rouge
Taxonomy
- Kingdom: Plantae
- Clade: Tracheophytes
- Clade: Angiosperms
- Clade: Eudicots
- Clade: Superasterids
- Clade: Asterids
- Clade: Campanulids
- Order: Asterales
- Family: Asteraceae
- Subfamily: Asteroideae
- Tribe: Anthemideae
- Subtribe: Anthemidinae
- Genus: Achillea
- Species: Achillea millefolium
Presence
Present.
Conservation status
- Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern
- Red List (Global): LC Least Concern
Notes
Possible confusion of the pink flowered individuals with A. roseoalba Ehrend., 1959, whose lower cauline leaves are narrower (≤ 8 mm), while those of A. millefolium are wider (> 8 mm).
Very variable taxon. The flower color ranges from pure white to bright pink.
The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:
- A. millefolium subsp. chitralensis Hub.-Mor., 1986;
- A. millefolium subsp. elbursensis Hub.-Mor., 1986;
- A. millefolium subsp. millefolium
- var. alpicola (Rydb.) Garrett, 1911;
- var. arenicola (A.Heller) Nobs, 1958;
- var. borealis (Bong.) Farw., 1929;
- var. californica (Pollard) Jeps., 1925;
- var. gigantea (Pollard) Nobs, 1958;
- var. litoralis Ehrend. ex Nobs, 1958;
- var. megacephala (Raup) B.Boivin, 1951;
- var. millefolium L., 1753, P;
- var. nigrescens E.Mey., 1830;
- var. occidentalis DC., 1838;
- var. pacifica (Rydb.) G.N.Jones, 1936;
- var. puberula (Rydb.) Nobs, 1958.
- A. millefolium subsp. sudetica (Opiz) Oborný, 1885.
Photographs
Sources
Maiz-Tome, L. (2016). Achillea millefolium. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2016. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T202909A78457012.en
Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 379). Biotope.