Achillea millefolium Linnaeus 1753 (Family Asteraceae)


Plant

Leaf

Flower

Fruit

Colour Variant

Height: 15-45cm
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Perennial, Rhizomatous
Hermaphrodite, Flowering June - November (Earliest: 23.5)

Habitat:
Meadows
Pollination:
Several Nymphalidae

Gillmeria pallidactyla

Several Syrphidae

Eriothrix rufomaculatus

Scathophaga stercoraria

Several Cerambycidae
Seed Dispersal:
Formicidae
Wind
Parasites:
Puccinia cnici-oleracei

Gillmeria pallidactyla Larva
(Stem Borer)

Cheilosia vernalis Larva
(Stem Borer)
Herbivores:
Coleophora trochilella Larva

Dichrorampha petiverella Larva

Stictopleurus punctatonervosus

Cassida stigmatica
Sapivores:
Several Miridae
Florivores:
Eupithecia icterata

Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora: Yarrow


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