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Common Yarrow Complex
Common Yarrow Complex
Achillea millefolium
Plantae
COMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Perennial
Size
Small
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Temperate grassland
Range
Northern Hemisphere
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Toxins
Status
Common

About

This flowering herb grows in meadows and along roadsides across the Northern Hemisphere. Its feathery leaves contain over 100 tiny leaflets that fold inward when the plant senses vibrations.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Achillea