Achillea millefolium

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Yarrow flowers late summer in Yosemite National Park, USA
Species name: Achillea millefolium

Achillea millefolium or yarrow is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to the Northern Hemisphere. In antiquity, yarrow was known as herbal militaris, for its use in staunching the flow of blood from wounds. Yarrows can be planted to combat soil erosion due to the plant's resistance to drought. They are used for human consumption and medicinal uses in many cultures around the world. (Source:Wikipedia)


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Names of users who have contributed to this species page Gauravm
Date on which this page was first created 2010/11/28
This page was last modified on: 1 December 2010 06:12:28
Name of the species Achillea millefolium
ID on Encyclopedia of Life 467225
Synonyms Please check Binomial Classification section for synonyms.
Common English Names Common Yarrow, Gordaldo, Nosebleed plant, Old man's pepper, Devil's nettle, Sanguinary, Milfoil, Soldier's woundwort, Thousand-leaf, Thousand-seal.
Common Hindi Names Gandrain, Puthkanda, भूतकॆशी Bhut Kesi
Common Indian names Gandrain, Puthkanda, भूतकॆशी Bhut Kesi (Hindi);Rojmaari(Marathi); Achchilliya (Tamil); Rajmari (Konkani); Tukhm gandana, Buiranjasif, Brinjasuf (Urdu) Flowers of India
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Taxonomy from Encyclopedia of Life

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Taxon Value
Regnum (Kingdom) Plantae
Division Magnoliophyta
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Asterales
Family Asteraceae
Genus Achillea
Source of data EoL

Other closely related species

SpeciesDivisionCommon nameCommon Hindi name
Aloe veraAloe vera, Medicinal aloe, Burn plantGheekumari घीकुमारी
Acacia niloticaArabic Gum, Black Piquant, Egyptian thorn, Prickly acaciaबबूल Babool,कीकर Kikar
Saraca indicaAshokaअशोक Ashok
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DivisionTaxon detailsTaxon morphology details
MagnoliophytaAlso called Angiospermae. The ancestors of flowering plants diverged from gymnosperms around 245–202 million years ago, and the first flowering plants known to exist are from 140 million years ago. They diversified enormously during the Lower Cretaceous and became widespread around 100 million years ago, but replaced conifers as the dominant trees only around 60-100 million years ago.These are seed plants like Gymnosperms, but can be differentiated by the presence of flowers, seeds containing endosperm and seeds that produce a fruit. Angiosperms are the most diverse and highly evolutionarily successful group of land plants.
SpeciesClassCommon nameCommon Hindi name
Acacia niloticaMagnoliopsidaArabic Gum, Black Piquant, Egyptian thorn, Prickly acaciaबबूल Babool,कीकर Kikar
Saraca indicaMagnoliopsidaAshokaअशोक Ashok
Adansonia digitataMagnoliopsidaBaobabGorakh imli गोरख इमली
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ClassTaxon detailsTaxon morphology details
MagnoliopsidaMagnoliopsida is the scientific name for dicots. This class contains about ~1,99,350 species of Angiosperms. Eudicots are a subset of Dicots. Based on chloroplast DNA sequences, the divergence date between monocots and dicots is estimated to be ~200 million years, with a 40 million years uncertainty.Dicots are diverse in habit, with half of all the species being more or less woody-stemmed - a reflection of the usual presence of a vascular cambium in the class. Annuals, biennials, vines, epiphytes, aquatics, parasites, and saprotrophs are also well represented in dicots. Vascular bundles of the stem are usually borne in a ring that encloses the pith. Vessel elements present except in some putatively primitive woody or aquatic families. Most dicots have a primary root system derived from the radicle, although some have an adventitious root system commonly seen in the class of monocots. Cotyledons are usually 2, seldom 1, 3, or 4. Leaves are mostly net-veined.
SpeciesOrderCommon nameCommon Hindi name
Achillea millefoliumAsteralesCommon Yarrow, Gordaldo, Nosebleed plant, Old man's pepper, Devil's nettle, Sanguinary, Milfoil, Soldier's woundwort, Thousand-leaf, Thousand-seal.Gandrain, Puthkanda, भूतकॆशी Bhut Kesi
Anacyclus pyrethrumAsteralesPellitory, Spanish chamomile, Mount Atlas daisy
SpeciesFamilyCommon nameCommon Hindi name
Achillea millefoliumAsteraceaeCommon Yarrow, Gordaldo, Nosebleed plant, Old man's pepper, Devil's nettle, Sanguinary, Milfoil, Soldier's woundwort, Thousand-leaf, Thousand-seal.Gandrain, Puthkanda, भूतकॆशी Bhut Kesi
Anacyclus pyrethrumAsteraceaePellitory, Spanish chamomile, Mount Atlas daisy
SpeciesGenusCommon nameCommon Hindi name
Achillea millefoliumAchilleaCommon Yarrow, Gordaldo, Nosebleed plant, Old man's pepper, Devil's nettle, Sanguinary, Milfoil, Soldier's woundwort, Thousand-leaf, Thousand-seal.Gandrain, Puthkanda, भूतकॆशी Bhut Kesi

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General morphology

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IUCN Conservation Status
Indian States in which the species has been documented Goa,Himachal Pradesh,Jammu and Kashmir,Tamil Nadu,Uttar Pradesh
Locations at which the species has been documented Chamba;Kangra;Kinnaur;Kullu;Lahaul Spiti;Shimla;Nilgiri;Pulni Plant database of India
Biotic zones inhabited Northwestern Himalayas Plant database of India
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Is this species native to India?
Is the species indigenous/endemic to Sub-Himalayan regions?
Is the species indigenous/endemic to Western Ghats?
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Does this species have any medicinal use? Yes

Other plants of the same family having medicinal use:

Species nameCommon nameCommon Hindi nameFamilyAilment typeMedicinal use description
Achillea millefoliumCommon Yarrow, Gordaldo, Nosebleed plant, Old man's pepper, Devil's nettle, Sanguinary, Milfoil, Soldier's woundwort, Thousand-leaf, Thousand-seal.Gandrain, Puthkanda, भूतकॆशी Bhut KesiAsteraceae
Anacyclus pyrethrumPellitory, Spanish chamomile, Mount Atlas daisyAsteraceae
Eclipta prostrataAsteraceaeInfectious diseases
Common ailments
Organ-specific disorders
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General types of ailments this species is used for treating
Specific ailments for which the species is used Influenza, Common cold, Astringent Himalaya
Medicinal systems which use this plant Ayurveda, Folk Medicine Himalaya
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Parts of the plant used for treatment
Names of some medicinal active compounds in this plant, if known. Achilline Himalaya
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Is this plant/plant-derived product used in food preparations? Yes User-reported
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Does this species have any religious significance? Yes User-reported
Religions which mention/give significance to this species
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Is this plant cultivated commercially in India? Yes
Uses for which the plant is commercially cultivated Human consumption, Animal consumption, Medicinal use, Other use
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Products where this plant is used User-reported
Description of use Can be used to prevent soil erosion Wikipedia
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  • If the number of nucleotide sequences is less than 100, very little genomic work has been done on this species. A respectable number of nucleotide sequences is above 10000.
  • Most of the nucleotide sequences may come from three sources:
  1. Studies on single genes, where people try to sequence genes such as some specific dehydrogenases important,say, for tannin production
  2. Sequences of Ribosomal Internal Transcribed Spacer, whose sequence is used for generating molecular phylogenetic trees to establish species relationships
  3. Expressed Sequence Tags (ESTs) which can tell about which genes are present and expressed in the species at a particular time in the given tissue

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References

EoL (Web): Encyclopedia of Life entry, Accessdate=2010-11-28


Wikipedia (Web): Wikipedia entry, Accessdate=2010-11-28


Flowers of India (Web): Flowers of India entry, Accessdate=2010-11-28


Himalaya (Web): Himalaya Healthcare Monographs, Accessdate=2010-11-28


Plant database of India (Web): Plant database of India, Accessdate=2010-12-1

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