North Carolina Wildflowers

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Asteraceae (Compositae) > Achillea (Yarrow)

Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
Ashe Co., NC
12 July 2008

Common statewide in North Carolina, Yarrow is a native wildflower and grows along roadsides and in other disturbed areas.

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail on Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) Tiger Swallowtail on Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
Orange Co., NC
6 June 04


Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.


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