Achillea millefolium yarrow
Asteraceae Aster or Sunflower Family (also known as the Composite Family: Compositae)
Key Words: Composite Flowers in disk-like heads
Heads have both RAY & DISK Flowers, ray flowers-white, pink, purple, read, or blue
Family ID traits:
- What seems to be a “flower” is really a bouquet of many flowers
- Can have either DISK or RAY flowers, or both in a “flower head”
- Have green modified leaves – bracts – surrounding the flower head.
Habitat: widespread, low to high elevations, shrub-steppe & open forest. Perennial. Late spring bloomer
