Plant	Leaf
Flower	Colour Variant

Fruit

Height: 15-45cm
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Perennial, Rhizomatous, Lacks Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering June - November (Earliest: 23.5)

Protective Chemicals
Alkaloids	Achilleine, Achilletine, Betonicine, Stachydrine, Trigonelline
Cardiac Glycosides	Moschatine
Monoterpenoids	Borneol, Camphene, Camphor, Cineole, Limonene, Linalool, Menthol, Ocimene, Pinene, Sabinene, Terpinene, Terpineol, Thujone, Tricyclene
Sesquiterpenoids	Achillifolin, Achillin, Artecanin, Balchanolide, Costunolide, Dihydroparthenolide, Dihydroreynosin, Estafiatin, Leucodin, Leucomisin, Peroxyachifolid
Saponins	Amyrin
Flavonoids	Apigenin, Artemetin, Casticin, Centaureidin, Luteolin, Rutin, Tannins
Other Phenolics	Caffeic & Salicylic Acids, Eugenol, Tannins
Amino Acids	Betaine
Other Acids	Achimillic, Aconitic, Ascorbic, Folic, Formic, Linoleic, Myristic, Oleic, Palmitic, Succinic, Valerianic
Sterols	Campesterol, Pseudotaraxasterol, Sitosterol, Stigmasterol, Taraxasterol

Biotopes:	Meadows
Flower Visitors:	Many Apidae	Barycnemis harpura	Agathis breviseta	Sapygina decemguttata
	Tenthredo arcuata	Cerceris rybyensis	Several Nymphalidae	Thymelicus lineola
	Thymelicus sylvestris	Lycaena phlaeas	Agriphila straminella	Udea lutealis
	Gillmeria pallidactyla	Many Syrphidae	Several Tachinidae	Hydrotaea similis
	Scathophaga stercoraria	Hilara veltmani	Dilophus febrilis	Saltella sphondylii
	Bellardia viarum	Oscinella pusilla	Meromyza nigriventris	Several Cerambycidae
	Mordella holomelaena	Oedemera lurida	Oedemera pthysica	Dasytes niger
	Propylea quatuordecimpunctata	Rhagonycha fulva	Several Miridae	Dolycoris baccarum
	Graphosoma lineatum	Stictopleurus abutilon
Seed Dispersal:	Formicidae
Parasites:	Puccinia cnici-oleracei	Gillmeria pallidactyla Larva (Stem Borer)	Gortyna flavago Larva (Stem Borer)	Coleophora trochilella Larva
	Cheilosia vernalis Larva (Root & Stem Borer)	Liriomyza strigata	Chromatomyia horticola
Possible Parasites:	Incurvaria praelatella Larva (Leaf Miner)	Calycomyza artemisiae
Herbivores:	Melitaea athalia Larva	Vanessa cardui	Several Geometridae Larvae	Many Tortricidae
	Arctia caja	Autographa gamma	Phycitodes maritima	Many Chrysomelidae
	Several Curculionidae
Possible Herbivores:	Dichrorampha obscuratana Larva	Phyllobius glaucus
Sapivores:	Several Aphididae	Many Miridae
Possible Sapivores:	Adelphocoris ticinensis	Philaenus spumarius	Carpocoris purpureipennis	Macrosiphoniella tanacetaria
Florivores:	Several Geometridae	Aethes margaritana	Dolycoris baccarum	Phytocoris varipes
Granivores:	Stictopleurus abutilon	Stictopleurus punctatonervosus	Adelphocoris lineolatus Nymph
Possible Granivores:	Rhopalus parumpunctatus

Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora: Yarrow

Pictures © 2003, 2004, 2005 J.K. Lindsey

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