Achillea tomentosa

Flower name
Achillea tomentosa
Scientific name
Achillea tomentosa
Aliasウーリーヤロウ, アキレア・トメントーサ, 姫鋸草, woolly tomentosa
Place of originsouthern Europe and western Asia, including Switzerland, Croatia, Italy, France, and Spain
Place of floweringGarden, Potted flower
Flowering seasonJune, July, August

What is Achillea tomentosa

Achillea tomentosa or woolly tomentosa(scientific name: Achillea tomentosa) is a small perennial herb of the genus Achillea (Asteraceae), native to southern Europe and western Asia, including Switzerland, Croatia, Italy, France, and Spain.
It grows wild in sunny meadows. It grows in clumps with underground stems. Its herbage is 10-30 cm tall and its stem leaves are covered with white hairs. Its leaves are twice pinnately compound and alternate.
In summer, it produces a bouquet-like inflorescence at the top of the stem with yellow head flowers 5-7.5 cm in diameter.
The genus name "Achillea" is derived from the Greek hero Achilles, and "tomentosa" means "wooly hairs.

Characteristics of Paph. tomentosa
Low herb height, pinnate compound leaves, leaves and stems covered with a net that wears.

Common name: Achillea tomentosa or woolly tomentosa, scientific name: Achillea tomentosa, Origin: Switzerland, Croatia, Habitat: grasslands, grass height: 10-30 cm, grass width: 45 cm, leaf shape: pinnately lobed twice, leaf length: 5-8 cm, leaf width: 1-1.5 cm, leaf margin: serrate, inflorescence: alternate, flowering season: June-August, inflorescence shape: compound panicled inflorescence, flower color: yellow, corolla shape: Head flower; inflorescence diameter: 5-7.5 cm; fruit diameter: 1-1.5 cm; fruit type: scrawny; uses: ground cover, garden plantings, potted plants.