Common Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
Ferny-leaved, flat-topped wildflower native across the continent, blooming for months and beloved by countless small pollinators. Tough, mowable, and a classic medicinal herb. Young leaves add a bitter, herbal note to salads and were traditionally used to flavor beer before hops became standard. Sustained use, in the diet or medicinally, causes skin rashes or photosensitivity in some people.
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 2–3 ft
- Spacing
- 2–3 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- April, May, June, July, August, September
- Bloom colors
- white, pink
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies
- Landscape uses
- border, naturalizing
- Native states
- AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY