Achillea ptarmica L.

Spice Flowers In the field

Family: COMPOSITAE (ASTERACEAE)

Genus: Achillea

Catalan common name: Botons de plata. camamilla de muntanya. Herba del moro.

Spanish common name: Botón de oro. Botón de plata. Hierba estornudatoria. Ptármica. Tármica.

Province distribution: Barcelona. Girona. Lleida.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Boreo-alpine (Pyrenees orophyt, Pyrenees alpine and Cantabrico Pyrenees

Uses and properties: Medicinal.

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Hemicryptophyte.

Habitats: Mulleres de montaña, peat bog, mountainous lakes.

Characteristics: Grows along mountain springs and streams. An herb, (ht. 10 cm) with sessile, pubescent and linear leaves, regularly needled and dentate. The flowers are white and are grouped in capitula that are larger than the norm for this genus (the involucre is 8-12 mm in diameter).