Biology:Achillea ageratum
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Short description: Species of yarrow
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Achillea |
| Species: | A. ageratum
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Achillea ageratum, also known as sweet yarrow,[2] sweet-Nancy,[3] English mace or sweet maudlin, is a flowering plant in the sunflower family, native to Europe (Portugal, Spain, France, England, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Croatia and Romania), and Morocco.[4] In the United States the plant is cultivated in the state of New York for its pleasant fragrance and sparingly naturalized in a few places outside its native range.[5][6]
In the Middle Ages it was used as a strewing herb to repel insects such as moths, lice and ticks and spread a good smell in private rooms.[7] The leaves of English mace can be chopped and used raw as a herb, or added with other herbs to soups and stews.[8]
References
- ↑ The Plant List Achillea ageratum L.
- ↑ (xls) BSBI List 2007, Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland, https://bsbi.org/download/3542/, retrieved 2014-10-17
- ↑ "Achillea ageratum". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=ACAG3. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
- ↑ "Achillea ageratum L.". Catalogue of Life. https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/64GRK.
- ↑ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- ↑ "Achillea ageratum L.". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:173792-1.
- ↑ Bailey & Bailey 1976, p. 17.
- ↑ Farrell 2019, p. 24.
Sources
- Bailey, Liberty Hyde; Bailey, Ethel Zoe (1976). Hortus Third: a concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada. New York: Macmillan. ISBN 978-00250-5-470-7. https://archive.org/details/hortusthirdconci00bail/page/n7/mode/2up.
- Farrell, Holly (2019). The Kew Gardener's Guide to Growing Herbs. London: White Lion Publishing. ISBN 978-07112-3-936-4. https://books.google.com/books?id=PH-ADwAAQBAJ.
Wikidata ☰ Q285796 entry
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