Asteraceae
Achillea

Achillea borealis Bong.

First published in Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 2: 149 (1832)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Russian Far East to NW. Mexico. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Alaska, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Arizona, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Idaho, Kamchatka, Magadan, Manitoba, Mexico Northwest, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Oregon, Saskatchewan, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, Yukon

Introduced into:

Germany

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2006). Flora of North America North of Mexico 19(1): 1-579. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford. [Cited as Achillea millefolium.]
  • GCC (2011). Global Compositae Checklist http://compositae.landcareresearch.co.nz/. [Cited as Achillea millefolium.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • GCC (2011). Global Compositae Checklist http://compositae.landcareresearch.co.nz/.
  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 2: 865-1712. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0