Achillea millefolium, commonly known as yarrow or common yarrow, is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere in Asia, Europe, and North America. It has been introduced as a feed for live stock in places like New Zealand and Australia. However, it is a weed in those places and sometimes also in its native regions.
In New Mexico and southern Colorado, it is called plumajillo (Spanish for 'little feather') from its leaf shape and texture. In antiquity, yarrow was known as herba militaris, for its use in stanching the flow of blood from wounds. Other common names for this species include gordaldo, nosebleed plant, old man's pepper, devil's nettle, sanguinary, milfoil, soldier's woundwort, thousand-leaf, and thousand-seal.
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A most joyous and happy New Year to you. I am so happy that Canada has sent firefighters to your country to help with the horrendous situation. We are all wishing for rain and more rain.
ReplyDeleteYarrow is a bit of a weed here in Ontario too but the flowers up close are so pretty...there is something special about flowers that on closer inspection are made up of many tiny flowers.
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ReplyDeleteInteresting. We have it here too.
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