| Accepted name: |
Achillea millefolium L. |
| Synonym(s): |
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| English names: |
Common Yarrow
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| French names: |
Achillée mille-feuille
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
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| OPL Code: |
HACHMI
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
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| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
The flower-heads and leaves are used as medicines. The leaves are also used in salads and soups and as a substitute for tobacco, nutmeg, cinnamon and hops.Infusion of whole plant given to children for colds, fevers and grippe(*23)(3). |
| Key Characters: |
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