Asteraceae

Simple leaved milfoil

Achillea erba-rotta All.

Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Achillea

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Simple leaved milfoil (Achillea erba-rotta) — FlowerPhoto: Wolfgang Jauch, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (5)

Arabic: أخيليا دولابية
arz: اخيليا دولابيه
Chinese: 单叶蓍
English: Simple leaved milfoil
Persian: بومادران سادهبرگ

Synonyms

Achillea cuneifolia Lam.
Achillea erba-rotta subsp. ambigua (Heimerl) I.Richardson
Achillea erba-rotta var. ambigua Heimerl
Achillea erba-rotta var. erba-rotta
Achillea erba-rotta var. morisiana (Rchb.) Heimerl
Achillea haussknechtiana Asch.
Achillea herba-rota All.
Achillea herba-rotta Vill.
Achillea morisiana Rchb.
Achillea nana Lam.
Ptarmica erba-rotta (All.) DC.

Flowers

In flower: June to August (from 164 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Wolfgang Jauch, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Felicia Seichter, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Oisín, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: carnifex, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Celia Unsworth, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Jason Grant, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: guilhem vaissette, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: svetlanamobile, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Flavien Saboureau, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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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); US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.