Achillea ageratum
| Achillea ageratum | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Achillea |
| Species: | A. ageratum |
| Binomial name | |
| Achillea ageratum L. | |
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Achillea ageratum, also known as sweet yarrow,[2] sweet-Nancy,[3] or sweet maudlin, is a flowering plant in the sunflower family, native to southern Europe (Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, Greece, Balkans).[4] It is cultivated in many places for its pleasant fragrance and sparingly naturalized in a few places outside its native range.[5]
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.[6]
References
- ↑ The Plant List Achillea ageratum L.
- ↑ "BSBI List 2007". Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-02-25. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- ↑ "Achillea ageratum". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
- ↑ Altervista Flora Italiana Millefoglio agerato, Sweet Yarrow, Sweet-nancy, süße Schafgarbe, sötröllika, Achillea ageratum L. includes photos and European distribution map
- ↑ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- ↑ Bailey, L.H. & E.Z. Bailey. 1976. Hortus Third i–xiv, 1–1290. MacMillan, New York
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