Wednesday 29 June 2016

YARROW

Achillea millefolium, commonly known as yarrow or common yarrow, is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere in Asia, Europe, and North America. It has been introduced as a feed for live stock in places like New Zealand and Australia. However, it is a weed in those places and sometimes also in its native regions.

In New Mexico and southern Colorado, it is called plumajillo (Spanish for 'little feather') from its leaf shape and texture. In antiquity, yarrow was known as herba militaris, for its use in stanching the flow of blood from wounds. Other common names for this species include gordaldo, nosebleed plant, old man's pepper, devil's nettle, sanguinary, milfoil, soldier's woundwort, thousand-leaf, and thousand-seal.


This post is part of the Outdoor Wednesday meme,

and also part of the Wordless Wednesday meme,
and also part of the ABC Wednesday meme.

10 comments:

  1. Yes I have some yarrow in central Ky. Did not know about it's medicinal properties.

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  2. "Old Man's Pepper", lol. Pretty sure I've seen these around. Interesting healing facts.

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  3. lovely plant...does it smell nice too?

    Have a nice abcwednes-day / – week
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  4. Isn't that lovely!
    Thanks for joining us at https://image-in-ing.blogspot.com/2016/06/lovely-san-juan.html

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  5. The contrast between the bloom and the leaves are gorgeous.
    Ann

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  6. This is one I don't have in my flowerbed!

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  7. delicate, pretty flower
    ROG, ABCW

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  8. What a beautiful plant! Happy 4th of July!
    JM, IL

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  9. Hello, it is a pretty plant, great shot. Enjoy your day and the weekend ahead!

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  10. What a delightful plant and a lovely shot,
    Thanks for sharing it with us,
    Best wishes,
    Di.
    ABCW team.

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