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Latin name: Achillea Family: Compositae, or Astral Categories: Medicinal plants |
Yarrow (Latin Achillea) - a perennial plant of the Asteraceae family, or Asteraceae. Yarrow is native to the temperate zones of the Northern Hemisphere. Currently, there are about 150 species.
Characteristic
Yarrow is a herbaceous plant, less often a shrub, with an erect, strongly leafy stem, slightly curved at the soil surface. Plant height varies from 20 to 150 cm. Leaves are pinnately dissected, incised or whole, serrated, arranged alternately.
Small flowers are collected in baskets or dense corymbose inflorescences, reaching 10-15 cm in diameter. Tubular flowers are yellow or white, marginal flowers are white, pink, yellow or red. The fruit is an oblong achene. Seeds are oval or ovoid, flattened.
Common types
* Yarrow noble (Latin Achillea nobilis) - the species is represented by perennial plants with an erect stem up to 50 cm high. Leaves are oblong-elliptical, double pinnately dissected. The flowers are yellowish-white, collected in corymbose inflorescences. Flowering begins in the second decade of June and lasts 25-35 days.
* Yarrow (Latin Achillea millefolium) - the species is represented by perennial plants with a straight stem up to 80 cm high. The leaves are pinnately dissected. The flowers are small, collected in inflorescences-baskets. Reed flowers are pink or purple, tubular flowers are brown. It blooms for 40-45 days.
* Achillea ageratifolia yarrow (Latin Achillea ageratifolia) - the species is represented by perennial plants with erect stems up to 15-20 cm high. The leaves are green with a grayish-silvery sheen, pinnately dissected. Flowers are single. Flowering begins in July.
* Achillea filipendulina yarrow (Latin Achillea filipendulina) - the species is represented by plants 100-150 cm high. The leaves are green, pinnately dissected. The flowers are small, collected in inflorescences-baskets, reaching 5-7 cm in diameter. The meadowsweet blooms in July-August.
* Yarrow ptarmica, or consumptive grass (Latin Achillea ptarmica) - the species is represented by compact bushes with a creeping rhizome. The stem is strongly leafy, reaches a height of 80-100 cm. The leaves are green, whole, small, linear-lanceolate, the edge is serrate, arranged alternately. Inflorescences are umbellate, simple or terry, pearl-white in color. Flowering begins in July and lasts 30-35 days.
Growing conditions
Areas for growing yarrow are preferred well-lit, but ptarmica yarrow thrives on shaded areas. Soils for growing plants are desirable well-drained, loose, poor, slightly moist, with a high lime content. Yarrow has a negative attitude towards compacted soils.
Reproduction and planting
Propagated by yarrow seeds, cuttings and dividing the bush. Sowing seeds is done directly in open ground in early spring, but this method is rarely used among gardeners. The most common and effective breeding method is considered to be the division of the bush. Either part of the bush or part of the rhizome is separated from the plant and planted in the soil before rooting. Delenki can be planted immediately to a permanent place. To preserve varietal characteristics, self-seeding should not be allowed.
Care
Yarrows respond well to fertilizing with mineral fertilizers. In hot weather, plants need moderate watering. Tall forms require props. The division and transplantation of yarrows is carried out in three to four years. Those who have become bald in the center of the curtain, where dense and tangled roots strangle each other, “speak” of an urgent transplant.
Application
Yarrow is used in group plantings, undersized forms are used in the design of alpine slides, rocky gardens and gardens made in a rustic style. Tall varieties are sometimes planted singly in the background of mixborders and other types of flower beds. Yarrow can be safely ranked among highly ornamental plants that can be grown in areas where cultivated plants do not take root.
Some types of yarrow are widely used in folk medicine. The healing properties of this plant have been known since ancient times. Yarrow is used as a hemostatic agent, as well as for the treatment of other diseases.
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