| Description | A pink-flowered form of common yarrow, |
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| Pronunciation | (ak-i-LEE-ah)(mil-lee-FO-le-um) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Perennials Hardy |
| Hardiness Zone | 3-9 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | pink, rounded flat topped inflorescence, individual ray flowers 1/4 inch wide, ussualy five petals |
| Leaves | lace-shaped, thin, finely pinnately divided into segments, blue-green, aromatic, fibrous stem |
| Stems | spreads by rhizoms |
| Dimensions | 24"-30" tall, over 18 inches spread |
| Maintenance | After flowering shear back the plants and they will form a dense mat of foliage. If they start dying out in the center remove some of the healthier outside clumps and replant. |
| Propagation | easy by division, seeds |
| Native Site | Native to Europe and Western Asia and considered to be a weed in many areas. |
| Misc Facts | Achillea honours for some authorities a hero of Greek mythology Achilles. Millefolium is derived from Latin mille- (thousand) and -folia (leaved) components meaning ‘many leaved’. (www.plantlives.com) |
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