Achillea asiatica Serg.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Achillea

Characteristics

Herbs, perennial, (4-)18-60 cm tall, with procumbent slender rhizomes; stems erect, unbranched or upper parts few branched, usually with sterile branches at leaf axils, striate, conspicuously lanate-villous. Basal stem leaves petiolate or subsessile; leaf blade linear-oblong, linear-lanceolate, or linear-oblanceolate, (2 or)3-pinnatisect, abaxially densely villous, adaxially sparsely villous; primary segments many, 1-1.5 mm apart; ultimate segments linear to lanceolate, 0.5-2 mm, apex cartilaginous-mucronulate; middle and upper stem leaves similar, sessile, progressively smaller. Synflorescence a dense, rarely lax, flat-topped panicle. Capitula many. Involucre oblong, 4-5 × 2.5-3 mm; phyllaries in 3 or 4 rows, ovate or oblong to lanceolate, 1.5-4 × 0.8-1.5 mm, scarious, midvein yellow-green, convex, margin brown or brownish. Paleae oblong-lanceolate, scarious, margin hyaline, sparsely pilose in upper part. Ray florets 5; lamina pink or violet-red, rarely turning white, suborbicular, 2-2.5 × 2-2.2 mm. Disk florets tubular, 5-lobed. Achenes oblong-cuneate, 2-2.2 mm, with lateral ribs. Corona absent. Fl. and fr. Jul-Sep. 2n = 18, 36.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.18 - 0.6
Root system rhizome
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-10

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 30 - 100
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 18
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Images

Habit

Achillea asiatica habit picture by Юрий Басов (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Achillea asiatica flower picture by Юрий Басов (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Achillea asiatica world distribution map, present in China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Mongolia, and Russian Federation

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60452253-2
WFO ID wfo-0000078677
COL ID 64GS7
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Achillea asiatica Achillea asiatica var. asiatica Achillea millefolium var. manshurica Achillea setacea subsp. asiatica Achillea asiatica var. intermedia