Achillea nobilis

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 nobilis
Subspecies: A. n. subsp. densissima – A. n. subsp. kurdica – A. n. subsp. neilreichii – A. n. subsp. nobilis – A. n. subsp. sipylea

Name

Achillea nobilis L., Sp. Pl.: 899 (1753).

Homonyms

Achillea nobilis Rochel ex Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur. 2: 367 (1879), not validly publ. = Achillea crithmifolia Waldst. & Kit., Descr. Icon. Pl. Hung. 1: 68 (1802).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Native to:

Asia-Temperate
- Caucasus
  - North Caucasus, Transcaucasus.
- China
  - Xinjiang.
- Middle Asia
  - Kazakhstan, Tadzhikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.
- Siberia
  - Altay, Chita, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, West Siberia.
- Western Asia
  - Türkiye.
Europe
- Eastern Europe
  - Baltic States, Belarus, Krym, Northwest European Russia, South European Russia, Ukraine.
- Middle Europe
  - Austria, Czechia-Slovakia, Germany, Hungary, Switzerland.
- Northern Europe
  - Great Britain.
- Southeastern Europe
  - Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Romania, Türkiye-in-Europe, NW. Balkan Pen.
- Southwestern Europe
  - France, Spain.

Introduced into:

Asia-Temperate
- Russian Far East
  - Khabarovsk, Primorye, Sakhalin.
Northern America
- North-Central U.S.A.
  - Minnesota.
- Northwestern U.S.A.
  - Montana.

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

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 899. Reference page.

Additional references

Komarov, V. L. 1961. Achillea nobilis. Pp. 69 in Schischkin, B.K. & Bobrov, E.G. (eds.), Flora URSS (Flora Unionis Rerumpublicarum Sovieticarum Socialisticarum) XXVI. [Compositae, Tribes Anthemideae, Senecioneae and Calenduleae] [in Russian]. 938 pp. Academia Scientiarum URSS, Mosqua, Leningrad. DJVU English translation: 862 pp. [1] Reference page.
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.
Pignatti, S. (ed.) 1982. Flora d’Italia. Volume III [Compositae – Orchidaceae]. 780 pp. Edagricole, Bologna. ISBN 88-206-2312-9 Reference page.
Ciocârlan, V. 1990. Flora ilustrata a României 2 Editura Ceres Bucureşti. Reference page.
Strid, A. & Tan, K. (eds.) 1991. Mountain Flora of Greece. Volume Two. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 974 pp. ISBN 0-7486-0207-0. Reference page.
Andreev, N., Ančev, M.E., Kožuharov, S.I., Markova, M.L., Peev, D.R. & Petrova, A.V. 1992. Opredelitel na visšite rastenija na Bălgarija [in Bulgarian]. 787 p. Nauka i izkustvo, Sofija. Reference page.
Kharkevich, S.S. (ed.) 1992. Plantae Vasculares Orientalis Extremi Sovietici 6. 428 pp., Nauka, Leningrad. Reference page.
Fedorov, A.A. 1994. Flora evropejskoj časti SSSR 7. Reference page.
Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) 1995. Flora Armenii. Tom 9. Campanulaceae, Asteraceae. 674 pp., Koeltz, Havlickuv Brod. ISBN 80-901699-7-X. DJVU Reference page.
Martinčič, A. 1999. Mala flora Slovenije. ključ za določanje praprotnic in semenk. Ed. 3. 845 pp. Ljubljana: Tehniska založba Slovenije. ISBN 86-365-0300-0 Reference page.
Nikolić, T. 2000. Flora Croatica. Index florae Croaticae, Pars 3. Natura Croatica 9, Suppl. 1: 1–324. Reference page.
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 nobilis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Dec 18. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2025. Achillea nobilis. Published online. Accessed: 18 Dec 2025. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2025. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Achillea nobilis. Accessed: Dec 18 2025. Reference page.

Vernacular names

English: Noble Yarrow
suomi: Jalokärsämö
français: Achillée noble
polski: Krwawnik szlachetny
русский: Тысячелистник благородный
Türkçe: Ayvadana