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Achillea collina (Mountain Yarrow) |
Achillea collina (ASTERACEAE.)
Images for this profile are taken from the Maltese Islands at or after year 2000. |
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| Nomenclature and Basic Information |
Species name : |
Achillea collina Becker
Published in Fl. Germ. Excurs. 850 (1832) | Synonyms : |
Basionym or principal synonym:
Achillea millefolium var. collina
Full list of synonyms :
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Plant Family : | Asteraceae (=Compositae) The Daisy or Sunflower Family 125 Asteraceae species recorded from Malta.
Bercht. & J.Presl | English name(s) : | Mountain Yarrow | Maltese name(s) : | Maltese name not known | Status for Malta : | Cultivated for agricultural or horticultural purposes but can be found in the wild as an escapee | Frequency : | Data not available - casual in the wild as a garden/field escape | Growth form : |
Raunkiaer lifeform [info]: HEMICRYPTOPHYTE (Creeping plants)
Germination [info]: Dicotyledon | Legal Protection [link]: | Not Protected by Law (LN200/2011 or LN311/2006) | Red List (1989) : | Not listed in the Red Data Book of the Maltese Islands | Flowering Time : | May-Aug | Colour of Flowers: | White |
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| Species Description and Distribution |
Habitat in Europe: |
Waste places and disturbed ground |
Preferred habitat in Malta: |
Data will be available in the next update of this website. |
Botanical Description: |
Stems 30-70 cm, erect, usually branched above. Middle cauline leaves 3-5 × 0·5-1 cm, lanceolate in outline, 2- to 3-pinnatisect, sericeous beneath, more or less glabrous above, the rhachis c. 0·8 mm wide, entire; primary segments 2·5-4 mm, ovate in outline, the rhachis 0·3-0·5 mm wide. Involucre c. 4 × 2 mm; bracts pubescent. Ligules white. |
Chromosome number: |
2n=36 |
Distributional range: |
From Czechoslovakia southwards to N. Italy, and Macedonia |
Distributional map in Europe
and the Mediterranean region (2018):
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Occurrences in Europe.
(from Flora Europaea pre year 1993): |
Albania, Austria and Liechtenstein, Bulgaria, Czeck Republic and Slovakia, Germany, Greece, Switzerland, Hungary, Italy (excl. Sicily and Sardignia), ex-Jugoslavia, Romania |
Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region.
(Euro+Med Checklist, 2017) -
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Al Au(A) ?Au(L) BH Bu Cg Cs Ct Ga(F) Ge Gr He Hu It Mk Mo Po Rf(C E NW S) Rm ?Sa Si(S) Sk Sl Sr Tu(E) Uk(U) |
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