Achillea ptarmica

Marsh Yarrow ( Achillea ptarmica )

The bottom - yarrow or Bertram - Yarrow ( Achillea ptarmica ) is a species of the genus of yarrow (Achillea ) in the subfamily of herbaceous within the sunflower family ( Asteraceae).

Description

The bottom - Yarrow is a perennial herbaceous plant, the plant height between 15 and 150cm, but usually reaches about 40cm. Your linear- lanceolate leaves are in contrast to most other yarrow species undivided and only finely serrated.

The cups of the total inflorescences are quite large with 12 to 17 mm for the genus. In a basket- shaped inflorescence sit tongue and tubular flowers together. The tubular flowers are gray with yellow anthers. The 8 to 13 ray florets are white and their tongues are 4-6 mm long. The flowering period extends from July to September.

Occurrence

It occurs in the temperate zones of Eurasia. In the Alps it is missing. The bottom - Yarrow likes to grow in waterlogged meadows, such as along roadsides or in ditches along rivers and streams.

Use

The bottom - Yarrow is suitable as an ornamental plant for gardens, and in this case especially varieties with double baskets are used, in which the tubular flowers are converted into florets.

Common names

Are and were also often the only regional common names Wilder Bertram, German Bertram, Bertram Spitziger, fleabane ( Silesia), Dorant ( Thuringia), White Dorant, Wild Dorant (Silesia ), Felddrajun, Henperchnöpfli ( Appenzell ) for the marsh Yarrow, Niesekraut (Silesia ), Niesskraut ( Switzerland, Alsace ), Witten Orant ( Altmark), Pertram, White Reinfarrn, silver knobs ( filled) ( Pomerania ), White Torant (Lausitz), Torant ( Sommerfeld), Wiesendragun and wild artemisia.