Achillea ligustica

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

Achillea ligustica All., Auct. Syn. Meth. Stirp. Hort. Regii Taur.: 17 (1773).

Homotypic
- Achillea nobilis subsp. ligustica (All.) Bonnier, Fl. Ill. France 5: 106 (1922).
Heterotypic
- Achillea magna Sm. in Sibthorp & Smith, Fl. Graec. Prodr. 2(1): 194 (1813).
- Achillea sicula Raf., Précis Découv. Somiol.: 40 (1814).
- Achillea sylvatica Ten., Fl. Napol. 4: 126 (1830).
- Achillea ligustica var. pinnatisecta Porta, Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital. 11: 285 (1879).

Achillea ligustica Vis. ex Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur.: 367 (1879), nom. inval. = Achillea nobilis subsp. nobilis

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Northern Europe
  - Great Britain (naturalized).
- Regional: Middle Europe
  - Germany (casual).
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - Corse, France (naturalized), Sardegna, Spain (naturalized).
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Greece, Italy, Kriti, Sicilia (Malta, Sicily), Northwest Balkan Peninsula (Croatia).
Continental: Africa
- Regional: Northern Africa
  - Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia.
Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Northeastern U.S.A.
  - Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, Vermont (introduced).

Allioni, C. 1774. Auctarium ad synopsim methodicam stirpium Horti reg. Taurinensis. Mélanges de Philosophie et de Mathématique de la Société Royale de Turin 5: 53–96. BHL (preprinted in 1773 with own pagination 1–44) Reference page.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Achillea ligustica 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.
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Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Achillea ligustica in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jun 11.Reference page.