Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Asterales Link
Family
Compositae Giseke
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Achillea L., Sp. Pl. 896-900 (1753)
Vernacular Name(s):
Yarrow
 Description

Perennial herbs, often with stout woody rootstock. Lvs simple and entire to 3–4-pinnate or pinnatisect, alternate. Capitula in corymbs, or rarely solitary, terminal, usually pedunculate, rarely shortly so; involucral bracts in several rows, with membranous margins. Receptacle flat or convex; scales present. Outer florets ♀, ligulate, yellow, white or pink; inner florets ☿; corolla tube compressed. Achenes all similar, compressed, glabrous, smooth, not or slightly winged at edges; pappus 0.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

 Biostatus
Exotic
Number of species in New Zealand within Achillea L.
CategoryNumber
Exotic: Fully Naturalised2
Exotic: Casual2
Total4
 Bibliography
Linnaeus, C. 1753: Species Plantarum. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.