| Noble yarrow | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Achillea |
| Species: | A. nobilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Achillea nobilis | |
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Synonymy
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Achillea nobilis, the noble yarrow, is a Eurasian flowering plant in the sunflower family.
The medium green foliage forms a low-growing clump in early spring and in late spring produces flowering stems that grow up to 75 cm (30 in) tall; the stems end in flat flower clusters (umbels). The foliage and stems are covered with soft hairs. [1]
The flowers are creamy-whitish or yellow.
It resembles Achillea millefolium (common yarrow), which has much more finely dissected leaves and fewer, larger flowers.[ citation needed ]
It is native to Eurasia, widespread across most of Europe (except Scandinavia and the British Isles) [2] and also present in Turkey, the Caucasus, and Central Asia. It is reportedly present in Xinjiang Province in western China, but this is based on a single herbarium specimen collected in the 19th century. [3] The species is widely cultivated and has become naturalized outside of its range in North America and other parts of the world. [4] [5]
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