Details for: PI 649935, Achillea millefolium L., Great Northern Germplasm


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Achillea millefolium L.
Top Name:
Great Northern Germplasm
Origin:
Collected – Montana, United States
Received by NPGS:
01 Nov 2005
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Achillea millefolium L.
Top Name:
Great Northern Germplasm
Origin:
Collected – Montana, United States
Received by NPGS:
01 Nov 2005
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Collected
1988.
Montana, United States
Locality: Flathead county, Montana. Section 27 and 28, Township 32N, Range20W. Located along USF2 Road 5271, off Canyon Creek road 316 the cutoff to McGinnis Creek Road
Coordinates: 49.4667, -114.1667 (Map it)
Elevation: 1100m.
Environment description: Slope 0-30%, Exposure South-Southwest, 28-30 inches precipatation, greavelly soil, cut and fill slopes

Collector(s):
Donated
07 January 2005.
Montana, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
Great Northern Germplasm
Type: Developer identifier
Group: NRCS
Natural Resources Conservation Service

9057902
Type: Donor identifier
Group: NRCS
Natural Resources Conservation Service
USDA-NRCS, Bridger PMC

W6 27665
Type: Site identifier
Group: W6
Western Regional Plant Introduction (W6) accession numbers
USDA-ARS, WRPIS

Narrative
Great Northern western yarrow is a native, herbaceous perennial in the Aster Family. It is a very common wildflower that grows erect from creeping rootstocks, to a height mostly 25 to 90 cm tall. The leaves are lacy and fern-like in appearance, as they are finely dissected into numerous, short and narrow divisions not over 1 mm wide--millefolium means a thousand leaves in Latin. The basal foliage is up to 25 cm long, with leaves along the flowering stalk longest at the base and progressively shorter up the stem. The entire plant is densely covered in long, soft, wooly hairs. The plant has a very distinctive aroma, similar to chamomile or dog fennel, and is especially noticeable when crushed. It is a self-incompatible, insect-pollinated species, with an inflorescence arranged in a compound, flat-topped corymb 6-20 cm wide, consisting of small, numerous, flower heads 4-6 mm in size. Involucre bracts are pubescent and greenish, with straw-colored papery margins. Outside ray-flower numbers are 3-12, mostly white to cream-colored, 1-2.5 mm long, and encircle the center disk-flowers. The disk-flowers number 10-75 each, and are yellow, tubular, perfect, and seed-producing. The terminal clusters of flower heads are normally white to cream-colored and have an extended bloom period from May to September. The extremely small fruit is a whitish, flattened achene, with compressed margins that are grayish in color. There are approximately 10 million seeds per kilogram.

Great Northern western yarrow exhibits good survival in droughty conditions on gravelly loam and thin or sandy soils. It is an early successional species that readily establishes on disturbed sites, such as shallow, silty, shallow to gravel, and silty steep. Great Northern Germplasm is adapted for use in northern Idaho, and all of Montana and Wyoming, except the Red Desert and Bighorn Basin. Great Northern Germplasm was selected primarily to add species diversity in seed mixtures for rehabilitation of disturbed sites such as rangelands, minelands, roadsides, park and restoration areas, prairie reconstruction projects, and farm bill program conservation plantings. Secondary use is for ornamental application in low maintenance or naturalized landscapes.

Achillea millefolium L.
Genus:
Achillea
Family:
Asteraceae (alt. Compositae)
Subfamily:
Asteroideae
Tribe:
Anthemideae
Subtribe:
Matricariinae
Nomen number:

1270
Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 2:899. 1753
Verified:
05/20/1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Autonym(s)
Achillea millefolium L. subsp. millefolium
Achillea millefolium L. var. millefolium

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Achillea borealis Bong.
Achillea lanulosa Nutt.
Achillea millefolium L. subsp. borealis (Bong.) Breitung
Achillea millefolium L. subsp. lanulosa (Nutt.) Piper
Achillea millefolium L. var. borealis (Bong.) Farw.
Achillea millefolium L. var. lanulosa (Nutt.) Piper
Achillea millefolium L. var. occidentale DC.

Invalid Designation(s)
Achillea magna auct.
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishmilfoil  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Englishyarrow  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Chineseshi蓍 2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
English (Canada)common yarrow Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada official name2Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 258-259.
Frenchachillée millefeuille  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Frenchherbe à dinde  2FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Frenchmille-feuille  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French (Canada)achillée millefeuille Agriculture & Agroalimentaire Canada nom officiel2Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 258-259.
Germangewöhnliche Schafgarbe  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
GermanSchafgarbe  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
GermanWiesen-Schafgarbe  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
Italianmillefoglio  2International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Portuguesemilefólio  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishmilenrama  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedishröllika  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chineseyang shi cao  2Li, H. L. et al., eds. 1975-1979. Flora of Taiwan.
Transcribed Koreanseoyangtobpul  2Lee, Y. N. 1997. Flora of Korea.
Transliterated Russiantysâčelistnik obyknovennyj  2Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Annotations
  • The Taxonomic Name Of The Accession When It Was Received: 01 Nov 2005, from Achillea millefolium L. var. occidentale DC. to Achillea millefolium L.
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Description:
The seed of Great Northern Germplasm was originally collected from a single population located on the cut and fill slopes of US Forest Service Road No. 5271, off Canyon Creek Road No. 316 cutoff to McGinnis Creek Road in Flathead County, Montana. The site latitude is N49?28', longitude W114?10', T32N R20W, Section 27 and 28, with a gravelly soil texture, 0-30% slope, south-to-southwest aspect, elevation 1097-1219 m, receiving 711-762 mm of annual precipitation. Collected in 1988 by Joyce Lapp, Restoration Ecologist, Glacier National Park. Great Northern was selected for top performance in vigor, height, seedhead production, and survival from among 29 accessions of native yarrows from Montana and Wyoming.