Asteraceae
Achillea
Achillea millefolium

Achillea millefolium subsp. millefolium

This subspecies is accepted
The native range of this subspecies is Greenland, Subarctic & Temp. Eurasia. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Albania, Altay, Amur, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Russia, Chita, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Kuril Is., Lebanon-Syria, Magadan, Mongolia, Netherlands, North Caucasus, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Romania, Sakhalin, Sardegna, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Yakutiya

Introduced into:

Antipodean Is., Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Assam, Azores, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Chatham Is., Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, Colombia, Corse, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Falkland Is., Free State, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, India, Inner Mongolia, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Madeira, Malaya, Massachusetts, Namibia, New Jersey, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, Nicaragua, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Nova Scotia, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Philippines, Queensland, South Australia, South Georgia, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tasmania, Texas, Uruguay, Victoria, Vietnam, Western Australia, Xinjiang, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Dar, G.H. & Govaerts, R.H.A. (2025). Flora of Kashmir Himalaya: Sind Valley 2: 607-1262. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehradun, India.
  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.
  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 2: 865-1712. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • (2021). https://doi.org/10.20324/nelumbo/v63/2021/165154. epublication.
  • Aver'ianov, L.V. & al. (2006). Illyustrirovannyi opredelitel' rastenii Leningradskoi oblasti: 1-799. Nauka, Moskva.
  • GCC (2011). Global Compositae Checklist http://compositae.landcareresearch.co.nz/.
  • Ghazanfar, S.A., Edmondson, J.R. & Hind, D.J.N. (eds.) (2019). Flora of Iraq 6: 1-458. Ministry of Agriculture & Agrarian Reform, Baghdad.
  • Kharkevich, S.S. (ed.) (1992). Plantae Vasculares Orientalis Extremi Sovietici 6: 1-428. Nauka, Leningrad.
  • Retief, E. & Meyer, N.L. (2017). Plants of the Free State inventory and identification guide. Strelitzia 38: 1-1236. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • von Raab-Straube, E. (ed.) (2011). Compositae. Euro+Med Plantbase. The Euro+Med PlantBase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/query.asp.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Furse, P. [3155] Iran K002332610 Yes
Davis [33704] Georgia K002332609 Yes
[F. Wallius] [158] United Kingdom Achillea millefolium var. purpurea K002350916 Yes
Ker, M.D. [92] United Kingdom Achillea millefolium var. purpurea K002350917 Yes
Efremov, N. [s.n.] Bulgaria Achillea setacea K002336628 Yes
Schneider, C.K. [420] Bulgaria Achillea setacea K002336634 Yes
Gilliat-Smith, B. [1175] Bulgaria Achillea setacea K002336633 Yes
Gilliat-Smith, B. [798] Bulgaria Achillea setacea K002336632 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Croatia Achillea setacea K002336636 Yes
Alston, A.H.G.; Sandwith, N.Y. [1919] Albania Achillea setacea K002336618 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Achillea setacea K002336620 Yes
Gilliat-Smith, B. [808] Bulgaria Achillea setacea K002336629 Yes
Streinz [s.n.] Austria Achillea setacea K002336621 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Croatia Achillea setacea K002336635 Yes
Gilliat-Smith, B. [1005] Bulgaria Achillea setacea K002336631 Yes
Gilliat-Smith, B. [778] Bulgaria Achillea setacea K002336630 Yes
Pichler, T. [s.n.] Bulgaria Achillea setacea K002336627 Yes
Marie-Victorin; Germain, R. [s.n.] Canada Achillea millefolium var. nigrescens K002308508 Yes
Marie-Victorin; Germain, R. [28555] Canada Achillea millefolium var. nigrescens K002308509 Yes
Blinkworth, R. [Cat. no. 3230] India Achillea cuspidata K001118864 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gergely, I. [s.n.] Romania Achillea millefolium subsp. balearica K002351098 Yes
Bujorean, G. [s.n.] Romania Achillea millefolium subsp. balearica K002351097 Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
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  • 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

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