Achillea millefolium - photos and description

Saskatchewan's Wildflowers

One of the most common wildflowers on the prairie, a flat topped infloresence of numberous small white flowers with yellow or cream disk florets in the centre of each flower. Flowers have 5 petals. Typical flower head 8 mm diameter. Begins blooming in early June.

Leaves are pinnately dissected into small narrow segments, I measured a typical leaf at 4 cm long and 6 mm wide.

Generally grows 30 to 60 cm in height.

Photos take June 30th, on prairie, 30 km north of our home in Regina, SK.

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