Asteraceae FAMILY

Achillea ptarmica

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Ahillea ptarmica is a perennial plant producing a cluster of flowering stems up to 60cm tall from underground rhizomes. The plant forms a spreading mat of growth and can be somewhat invasive[ 200 Title The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. Publication Author Huxley. A. Publisher MacMillan Press Year 1992 ISBN 0-333-47494-5 Description Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed. , 352 Title KemperCentreForHomeGardeningPlantFinder Publication Author Website http://www.mobot.org/gardeninghelp/plantfinder/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Year 0 ISBN Description Basic cultivation details, plant uses, habitat etc for several thousand species of plants, mainly from the temperate zone. ]. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a food, medicine and insect repellent. It is sometimes cultivated as an ornamental, especially the cultivar 'The Pearl'.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeEurope, including Britain but excluding the Mediterranean, east to Siberia and W. Asia.

HabitatDamp meadows, marshes and by streams[ 17 Title Flora of the British Isles. Publication Author Clapham, Tutin and Warburg. Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1962 ISBN - Description A very comprehensive flora, the standard reference book but it has no pictures. ]. Roadsides, disturbed sites, open fields and pastures, in sandy or gravelly soils or in moist to drying silty soils from sea level to 2,400 metres[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ].