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Achillea alpina

species of plant

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 13, 2026
Entity authorityQ5761064 ↗
Source-derived summary

Achillea alpina, commonly known as alpine yarrow, Chinese yarrow or Siberian yarrow, is an Asian and North American species of plant in the sunflower family.

Description

Achillea alpina is a perennial herb growing up to 80 centimetres (31 inches) tall. The foliage is simply pinnatifid with narrow closely set segments.

The flowers are white to pale violet, with both ray florets and disc florets.

Subspecies and varieties

Achillea alpina subsp. camtschatica (Heimerl) Kitam.

Achillea alpina var. discoidea (Regel) Kitam.

Achillea alpina subsp. japonica (Heimerl) Kitam.

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The public source identifies “Achillea alpina” as species of plant. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Achillea, alpina and species.

Editorial reviewA practical orientation to terminology and classification, particularly when read beside dated observations, specimens or technical literature. The current 85-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Achillea, alpina and species providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “Achillea alpina” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.