Achillea ageratum
Achillea ageratum, also known as sweet yarrow,[2] sweet-Nancy,[3] English mace or sweet maudlin, is a flowering plant in the sunflower family, native to Europe (Portugal, Spain, France, England, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Croatia and Romania), and Morocco.[4] In the United States the plant is cultivated in the state of New York for its pleasant fragrance and sparingly naturalized in a few places outside its native range.[5][6]
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Achillea |
| Species: | A. ageratum |
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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.[7] The leaves of English mace can be chopped and used raw as a herb, or added with other herbs to soups and stews.[8]
References
- The Plant List Achillea ageratum L.
- BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Achillea ageratum". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
- "Achillea ageratum L." Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
- Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- "Achillea ageratum L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- Bailey & Bailey 1976, p. 17.
- Farrell 2019, p. 24.
Sources
- Bailey, Liberty Hyde; Bailey, Ethel Zoe (1976). Hortus Third: a concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada. New York: Macmillan. ISBN 978-00250-5-470-7 – via Internet Archive.
- Farrell, Holly (2019). The Kew Gardener's Guide to Growing Herbs. London: White Lion Publishing. ISBN 978-07112-3-936-4.
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