Achillea borealis

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 borealis Bong., Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 2: 149 (1832).

Homotypic
- Achillea borealis subsp. typica D.D.Keck, Publ. Carnegie Inst. Wash. 520: 299 (1940), not validly publ.
- Achillea millefolium subsp. borealis (Bong.) Breitung, Amer. Midl. Naturalist 58: 58 (1957).
- Achillea millefolium var. borealis (Bong.) Farw., Amer. Midl. Naturalist 11: 268 (1929).
- Ptarmica borealis (Bong.) DC., Prodr. 6: 21 (1838).

Native distribution areas:

Native to:

Asia-Temperate
- Russian Far East
  - Kamchatka, Magadan.
Northern America
- Subarctic America
  - Alaska, Aleutian Is., Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Yukon.
- Western Canada
  - Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan.
- Northwestern U.S.A.
  - Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming.
- Southwestern U.S.A.
  - Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah.
- Mexico
  - Mexico Northwest.

Introduced into:

Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.) 2006. Flora of North America North of Mexico. Volume 19-20-21: Asteraceae. Oxford University Press, New York / Oxford. ISBN 978-0-19-531822-7. efloras Reference page.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Achillea borealis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Dec 22. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2025. Achillea borealis. Published online. Accessed: 22 Dec 2025. Reference page.