Asteraceae
Chinese yarrow
Achillea alpina
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Achillea
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Common names
By language (4)
- Chinese
- 羽叶草, 羽衣草, 蓍, 蓍实, 蓍草, 蚰蜒草, 锯齿草, 高山芪
- English
- Chinese yarrow, Siberian yarrow
- French
- Achillée de Sibérie, Achillée des Alpes
- Japanese
- 鋸草
Synonyms
- Achillea angustifolia Salisb.
- Achillea bocconii W.D.J.Koch
- Achillea cristata Willd.
- Achillea denticulata Besser ex Heimerl
- Achillea depressa Fisch. ex Herder
- Achillea mongolica Fisch. ex Spreng.
- Achillea multiflora Hook.
- Achillea punctata Moench
- Achillea ramosissima Moench
- Achillea sibirica Ledeb.
- Achillea sibirica subsp. mongolica (Fisch. ex Spreng.) Heimerl
- Achillea sibirica var. sibirica
- Achillea squarrosa Hassk.
- Achillea subcartilaginea (Heimerl) Heimerl
- Ptarmica alpina DC.
- Ptarmica mongolica (Fisch. ex Spreng.) DC.
- Ptarmica sibirica (Ledeb.) Ledeb.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native
Photos
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Photo: Koichi Oda, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Koichi Oda, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Chinese yarrow: 耆屬 Achillea alpina pulchra [倫敦植物園 Kew Gardens, London]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/%E8%80%86%E5%B1%AC_Achillea_alpina_pulchra_-%E5%80%AB%E6%95%A6%E6%A4%8D%E7%89%A9%E5%9C%92_Kew_Gardens%2C_London-_%289226998255%29.jpg/500px-%E8%80%86%E5%B1%AC_Achillea_alpina_pulchra_-%E5%80%AB%E6%95%A6%E6%A4%8D%E7%89%A9%E5%9C%92_Kew_Gardens%2C_London-_%289226998255%29.jpg)
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![Chinese yarrow: 耆屬 Achillea alpina pulchra [倫敦植物園 Kew Gardens, London]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/%E8%80%86%E5%B1%AC_Achillea_alpina_pulchra_-%E5%80%AB%E6%95%A6%E6%A4%8D%E7%89%A9%E5%9C%92_Kew_Gardens%2C_London-_%289226998255%29.jpg/1280px-%E8%80%86%E5%B1%AC_Achillea_alpina_pulchra_-%E5%80%AB%E6%95%A6%E6%A4%8D%E7%89%A9%E5%9C%92_Kew_Gardens%2C_London-_%289226998255%29.jpg)
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.