P20120721-0086--Achillea millefolium 'Island Pink'--RPBG

Achillea millefolium 'Island Pink'—island pink yarrow. If the North American and Eurasian yarrows were ever distinct, they no longer are so. Yarrow is in the words of the Jepson Manual, 2nd ed., a "highly variable polyploid complex" considered to be one species wherever it occurs. Yarrow is thus one of the most widely distributed vascular plants in the world. The genus name derives from Achilles, who used yarrow to stanch bleeding of men wounded in battle. Many butterflies, moths, beetles, and other insects use A. millefolium as host or food plants The cultivar name comes about because the form grows on the Channel Islands. The plant blooms at the garden well into the autumn months. Photographed at Regional Parks Botanic Garden located in Tilden Regional Park near Berkeley, CA,

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