Achillea crithmifolia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asterales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Campanulids Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Asteroideae
Tribus: Anthemideae
Subtribus: Matricariinae
Genus: Achillea
Sectio: A. sect. Achillea
Species: Achillea crithmifolia

Name

Achillea crithmifolia Waldst. & Kit., Descr. Icon. Pl. Hung. 1: 68 (1802).

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Chamaemelum crithmifolium (Waldst. & Kit.) E.H.L.Krause in J.W.Sturm, Deutschl. Fl. Abbild., ed. 2. 13: 216 (1905).
Heterotypic
- Achillea bannatica Kit. ex DC., Prodr. 6: 29 (1838).
- Achillea diversifolia Schur, Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 330 (1866)
- Achillea leptophylla K.Koch ex Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur. 2: 367 (1879).
- Achillea nobilis Rochel ex Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur. 2: 367 (1879).
- Achillea crithmifolia var. bulgarica Degen & Urum., Spis. Bulg. Akad. Nauk. 5: 16 (1912).
  - Achillea bulgarica (Degen & Urum.) Ujhelyi, Ann. Hist.-Nat. Mus. Natl. Hung. 67: 45 (1975).
- Achillea doerfleri Hayek, Oesterr. Bot. Z. 70: 21 (1921).
  - Achillea crithmifolia var. doerfleri (Hayek) Gajić, Fl. SR Srbije 7: 104 (1975).
- Achillea smithii Hayek, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 30(2): 644 (1931).
- Achillea crithmifolia var. alsatica Issler & Prodán, Bull. Ass. Phil. Als.-Lorr. 8: 428 (1938).
- Achillea crithmifolia var. gubinensis Dabrowska, Acta Univ. Wratislav., Prace Bot. 24: 69 (1982).

Homonyms

Achillea crithmifolia Friv. ex Hampe, Flora 20: 229 (1837), nom. inval. = Achillea micrantha Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 3: 2209 (1803).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Europe
- Northern Europe
  - Sweden
- Middle Europe
  - Austria, Germany, Hungary, Poland (introduced), Czechia-Slovakia (Slovakia), Switzerland.
- Southwestern Europe
  - France.
- Southeastern Europe
  - Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Romania, Türkiye-in-Europe, Northwest Balkan Peninsula (Bosnia & Hercegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia).

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Waldstein-Wartemburg, F. de P. von & Kitaibel, P. 1799–1802. Descriptiones et Icones Plantarum Rariorum Hungariae. vol. 1. Viennae. BHL. Hungaricana PDF Reference page.

Additional references

Huber-Morath, A. 1975. Achillea. Pp. 224–252 in Davis, P.H. (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands. Vol. 5 (Compositae). 890 pp., Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, ISBN 0-85224-280-8. Reference page.
Josifović, M. (ed.) 1975. Flora SR Srbije: Flore de la République Socialiste de Serbie 7 [Asteraceae – Asparagaceae]. 651 pp., Beograd: Srpska Akademija nauka i umetnosti, Otdeljenje prirodno-matematickih nauka. Reference page.
Richardson, I.B.K. 1976. Achillea. Pp. 159–165 in Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (eds.), Flora Europaea. Volume 4: Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae). xxix + 505 pp., Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (UK), ISBN 0-521-08717-1. Internet Archive, Lending Library Reference page.
Ciocârlan, V. 1990. Flora ilustrata a României 2 Editura Ceres Bucureşti. Reference page.
Nikolić, T. 2000. Flora Croatica. Index florae Croaticae, Pars 3. Natura Croatica 9, Suppl. 1: 1–324. Reference page.
Mirek, Z., Piękoś, H., Zając, A. & Zając, M. 2002. Flowering plants and pteridophytes of Poland: A Checklist. Krytyczna lista roślin naczyniowych Polski (= Biodiversity of Poland 1). Krakow: W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences. ISBN 978-83-85444-83-1. Reference page.
Güner, A., Aslan, S., Ekim, T., Vural, M. & Babaç, M.T. (eds.) 2012. Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi (Damarlı Bitkiler). Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını. İstanbul. ISBN 978-605-60425-7-7. Online edition. Reference page.
Dimopoulos, P., Raus, Th., Bergmeier, E., Constantinidis, Th., Iatroú, G., Kokkini, S., Strid, A. & Tzanoudakis, D. 2013. Vascular Plants of Greece: An Annotated Checklist. Englera 31: 1–368. JSTOR PDF Reference page.

Khela, S. 2013. Achillea crithmifolia. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013. IUCN Red List Category: Least Concern . DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T202908A2757949.en.
Barina, Z. (ed.) 2017. Distribution atlas of vascular plants in Albania. Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, 492 pp. ResearchGate Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Achillea crithmifolia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Dec 17. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2025. Achillea crithmifolia. Published online. Accessed: 17 Dec 2025. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2025. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Achillea crithmifolia. Accessed: Dec 17 2025. Reference page.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Meerfenchelblättrige Schafgarbe
Türkçe: Rezene yapraklı civanperçemi