Achillea alpina

Linnaeus

Sp. Pl. 2: 899. 1753.

Common names: Siberian yarrow achillée de Sibérie
Synonyms: Achillea sibirica Ledebour
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 19. Treatment on page 494. Mentioned on page 493.

Perennials, 50–80 cm (fibrous-rooted and rhizomatous). Stems 1, erect, branched or unbranched distally, sparsely villous to glabrate. Leaves sessile; blades linear-lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, 5–10 cm × 4–8 mm, (margins serrate to doubly serrate, teeth antrorse) faces sparingly villous or glabrate. Heads 10–25+, in crowded, simple or compound, corymbiform arrays. Phyllaries 20–30 in ± 3 series, (light green, margins light to dark brown, midribs dark green or yellow-green) lanceolate to oblanceolate, faces (abaxial) sparingly tomentose. Receptacles convex; paleae oblong, 3.5–4.5 mm (apices dark, rounded). Ray florets 6–8(–12), pistillate, fertile; corollas white, laminae 1–3 × 2–3 mm. Disc florets 25–30+; corollas grayish or yellowish white, 2–3 mm. Cypselae 2.5 mm. 2n = 36.


Phenology: Flowering early Jul–early Sep.
Habitat: Meadows, forest edges, roadsides, lakeshores, along streams, moist soils
Elevation: 100–600 m

Distribution

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Alta., B.C., Man., N.W.T., Ont., Que., Sask., Yukon, Alaska, Minn., N.Dak., Asia.

Discussion

Achillea alpina has been reported (as A. sibirica) as occurring in New Jersey and Missouri. Specimens examined from those states were from plants cultivated in botanical gardens; there is no evidence that Achillea alpina has escaped in those states.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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Debra K. Trock +
Linnaeus +
Siberian yarrow +  and achillée de Sibérie +
Alta. +, B.C. +, Man. +, N.W.T. +, Ont. +, Que. +, Sask. +, Yukon +, Alaska +, Minn. +, N.Dak. +  and Asia. +
100–600 m +
Meadows, forest edges, roadsides, lakeshores, along streams, moist soils +
Flowering early Jul–early Sep. +
Achillea sibirica +
Achillea alpina +
Achillea +
species +