Achillea alpina
Species of yarrow
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Achillea alpina, commonly known as alpine yarrow,[3] Chinese yarrow or Siberian yarrow, is an Asian and North American species of plant in the sunflower family.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Achillea |
| Species: | A. alpina |
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Synonymy
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Description
Achillea alpina is a perennial herb growing up to 80 centimetres (31 inches) tall.[4] The foliage is simply pinnatifid with narrow closely set segments.[5]
The flowers are white to pale violet, with both ray florets and disc florets.[4]
- Subspecies and varieties[2]
- Achillea alpina subsp. camtschatica (Heimerl) Kitam.
- Achillea alpina var. discoidea (Regel) Kitam.
- Achillea alpina subsp. japonica (Heimerl) Kitam.
- Achillea alpina subsp. pulchra (Koidz.) Kitam.
- Achillea alpina subsp. subcartilaginea (Heimerl) Kitam.
Distribution and habitat
The species is native to Siberia, the Russian Far East, China, Mongolia, Korea, Japan, Nepal, Canada (including Yukon and Northwest Territories), and the northern United States (Alaska, northern North Dakota, northern Minnesota).[6][4][7]
It is found growing in thickets and along shorelines in northwestern North America and it reaches its most southernly distribution in northern Minnesota near the Canadian border where isolated populations are found growing in a peat meadows at the margins of aspen trees,[5] open woods, woodland edges, stream banks, and roadsides.[8]
Conservation
In Minnesota, it was listed as a threatened species in 1996.[8]
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