GENUS 80. THISTLE FAMILY. 
1. Achillea Ptarmica L. Sneezewort. White 
Tansy. Sneezewort-Yarrow. Fig. 4552. 
Achillea Ptarmica L. Sp. Pl. 898. 1753. 
Perennial from horizontal or creeping rootstocks; 
stem glabrous, or slightly pubescent, nearly or quite 
simple, 1°-2° high. Leaves linear or linear-lanceolate, 
sessile and slightly clasping at the base, acute at the 
apex, regularly and closely serrate, sometimes pubes- 
cent on the veins beneath, 1’-23’ long, 14’-3” wide; 
heads not very numerous, 5-9” broad; peduncles pu- 
berulent; involucre broadly campanulate, its bracts 
ovate-oblong, obtuse or obtusish, slightly tomentose; 
rays 5-15, white, rather large. 
In moist soil, Newfoundland, New Brunswick and Quebec 
to Massachusetts and Michigan. Naturalized from Europe. 
Native also of northern Asia. Goose-tongue. Wild, bastard- 
or european pellitory. Fair-maid-of-France. Sneezewort- 
tansy. July—Sept. 
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_2. Achillea Millefolium L. Yarrow. 
Milfoil. Fig. 4553. 
Achillea Millefolium L. Sp. Pl. 899. 1753- 
Perennial from horizontal rootstocks; flow- 
ering stems pubescent, or nearly glabrous, sim- 
ple, or corymbosely branched above, 1°-2° 
high. Basal leaves, and those of the numerous 
short sterile shoots, mostly petioled, sometimes 
10’ long and 3’ wide, those of the stem sessile, 
all narrowly oblong or lanceolate in outline 
and finely dissected into narrow pinnatifid seg- 
ments, tomentose, pubescent or nearly glabrous; 
heads numerous, 2”-3” broad, in terminal com- 
pound dense, somewhat convex or nearly flat- 
topped corymbs; involucre ovoid-cylindric, its 
bracts oblong, obtusish, pubescent; rays 4-6, 
white, or often pink or purple, less than 2” 
broad. 
In various situations throughout eastern North 
America, often occurring as a naturalized weed. 
Native also of Europe and Asia. Old names, san- 
guinary, thousand-leaf, nosebleed, old-man’s-pep- 
per, soldier’s-woundwort, gordaldo. June-Nov. 
3. Achillea lanulésa Nutt. Woolly Yar- 
row. Fig. 4554. 
Achillea lanulosa Nutt. Journ. Acad. Phila. 7: 36. 
1834. 
Similar to the preceding species, perennial by 
rootstocks, 1°-23° high, densely silky-woolly 
nearly all over. Leaves deeply bipinnatifid into 
narrow lobes and segments, those of the stem 
mostly sessile; inflorescence convex, 2’-4’ broad; 
involucre oblong-cylindric, its bracts greenish- 
yellow, with brownish margins; rays 1-23” broad, 
white. 
In dry soil, Quebec and Ontario to Michigan, 
Yukon, south to Oklahoma, Mexico and California. 
June-Sept. Locally naturalized eastward. 
Achillea ligistica All., differing from A. Millefo- 
lium by being stouter with loosely corymbose heads, 
native of Europe, has been found in cultivated ground 
near Tannersville, New York. 
