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Achillea millefolium L.

Flora Europaea the original Linnean specimen perennial, H, 2n=54 mesic to xeric grassland species, but also frequent as a ruderal Holarctic species; in Nearctis and eastern Palearctis there are different subspecies Festuco-Brometea, Trifolio-Geranietea, Artemisietea vulgaris R34, R87 habitats but also as an invasive species, in many others very common in Romania, as a grassland and also as a weedy species       The most common species of the genus in all Holarctis; at its origins a grassland species but which has outstanding capabilities to act as a ruderal invader. Pictures taken in August 2009 from Podeni, Cluj county dr. Alexandru Badarau, alexandru@transsilvanica.com