Asteraceae FAMILY

Achillea alpina

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Achillea alpina is an erect perennial plant growing about 30 - 75cm tall. The plant produces a mat of low growth that spreads by rhizomes with a cluster of flowering stems in the summer that sometimes branch higher up[ 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. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and food. The young shoots are sometimes sold in local food markets[ 1665 Title Wild Food Plants in South Korea; Market Presence, New Crops, and Exports to the United States Publication Economic Botany, Vol. 50, No. 1 (Jan. - Mar., 1996), pp. 57-70 Author Pemberton R.W. & Nam Sook Lee Website http://www.jstor.org/stable/4255805 Publisher Year 1996 ISBN Description ]. Very ornamental, there are some named forms that are grown in gardens[ 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. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeE. Asia - far eastern Russian Federation, Mongolia, China, Japan, Korea; Northern N. America - Alaska to Quebec, south to British Colombia, Minnesota.

HabitatMeadows, gardens, sandy slopes and dry areas[ 172 Title Discovering Wild Plants - Alaska, W. Canada and the Northwest. Publication Author Schofield. J. J. Publisher Alaska Northwest Books; Alaska Year 2003 ISBN 0882403699 Description A nice guide to some useful plants in that area. ]. Meadows, forest edges, roadsides, lakeshores, along streams, in moist soils at elevations of 100 - 600 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. ].