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Siberian Yarrow
Achillea alpina
Achillea alpina, commonly known as alpine yarrow, Chinese yarrow or Siberian yarrow, is an Asian and North American species of plants in the sunflower family. It is native to Siberia, the Russian Far East, China, Mongolia, Korea, Japan, Nepal, Canada (including Yukon and Northwest Territories), the northern United States (Alaska, northern North Dakota, northern Minnesota).
From the article Achillea alpina on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Achillea alpina is a perennial herb growing up to 80 centimetres (31 inches) tall. The foliage is simply pinnatifid with narrow closely set segments. The flowers are white to pale violet, with both ray florets and disc florets.
Subspecies and varieties 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.
Range & 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). 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, open woods, woodland edges, stream banks, and roadsides.
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 516573.