Species Name

Achillea millefolium L.

Family Name

ASTERACEAE

Common Name

Yarrow

Native

Native

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First Record:

west of Clonmel, S11 or S12, 1897, R.L. Praeger.

Description:

Road verges, road and field banks, lawns, walls, sea-cliffs, river banks, waste ground, pastures, well-grazed mountain grassland, etc. Absent from the higher ground of the mountain ranges that are heather moorland. Even though generally a common plant it can often be very difficult to find for a tetrad.