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: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Achillea |
| Species: | A. alpina |
| Binomial name | |
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Synonymy
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Description
editAchillea 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
editThe 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
editIn Minnesota, it was listed as a threatened species in 1996.[8]
References
edit- ↑ NatureServe (6 December 2024). "Achillea alpina | NatureServe Explorer". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
- 1 2 The Plant List Achillea alpina L.
- ↑ English Names for Korean Native Plants (PDF). Pocheon: Korea National Arboretum. 2015. p. 335. ISBN 978-89-97450-98-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2016 – via Korea Forest Service.
- 1 2 3 Flora of China Vol. 20-21 Page 762 高山蓍 gao shan shi Achillea alpina Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 899. 1753.
- 1 2 Barbara Coffin; Lee Pfannmuller (1988). Minnesota's Endangered Flora and Fauna. U of Minnesota Press. p. 44. ISBN 978-0-8166-1689-3.
- ↑ Flora of North America Vol. 19, 20 and 21 Page 494 Siberian yarrow, achillée de Sibérie, Achillea alpina Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 899. 1753.
- ↑ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- 1 2 "Achillea alpina (Siberian Yarrow)". Minnesota Wildflowers. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
External links
edit- "Achillea alpina L." Alaska Wildflowers.us.
- "Achillea alpina L." Professor Summer's Web Garden - Japanese Wild Flowers. biglobe.ne.jp.
- Bergmann, Karel (2014). "Achillea alpina L. – Siberian Yarrow, Chinese Yarrow". BOTANY.cz.
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