Common Yarrow

Plant Profile
FYUSE 3D Image	Common Name: Common Yarrow Other Names: Yarrow, Common Milfoil Species Name: Achillea millefolium Family Name: Asteraceae, Sunflower family

ID Characteristics

Leaf and Stem Characteristics
- Plant Height: 3-foot diameter, 3-foot height
Field Identification Characteristics
- Leaves fern like along all of stem
- Crushed leaves smell of mentholatum
- Erect plant with tightly branching flower head at top
- Flowers numerous and small; color white with yellow-tan centers

Habitat/Ecology
Soil Preference	Tolerant of many soil types
Habitat	Prairies, meadows, open woods, slightly disturbed areas
USDA Cold Hardiness Zone	2
Notes	Native to Europe but has naturalized through much of the United States; considered a weed by some but used in the garden as a spring blooming perennial