Achillea ageratum L.

Spice Inflorescence detail Inflorescence

Family: COMPOSITAE (ASTERACEAE)

Genus: Achillea

Catalan common name: Agèrat. Alè de bou.

Spanish common name: Altarreina. Hierba julia.

Province distribution: Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Castelló. Girona. Lleida. Tarragona. València.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Ibiza. Formentera.

General distribution (Phytogeography): West Mediterranean

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Hemicryptophyte.

Habitats: Non-saline wetlands (intermittent watercourses, streams, artesian wells, ditches). Inundated soils.

Characteristics: Perennial herbacous plant, although the base is slightly woody. Has elongate leaves that gradually transform into a petiole, margins are doubly-dentate. These leaves and the rest of the plant is aromatic. Capitula in the form of small buttons of yellow flowers, lots of these capitula are grouped into an inflorescence that resembles an umbel. Flowers from May and the beginning of summer.