Taxonomy: Fam. Compositae// Genus: Achillea// Species: Achillea grandifolia Friv.
Determined according to the botanical key provided by Richardson (1976 in Tutin et al.) and Gajić (1975 in Josifović).
Lifeform: Perennial; hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native to the Balkan Peninsula and Asiatic Turkey according to the distribution information provided by The Euro+Med PlantBase (Greuter, 2006+) and the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Habitat: Mixed oak forests – Querco-carpinetum orientalis assosiation. Recorded near Lake Gradche.
Flowering period: End of spring – beginning of summer summer; (MAY-) JUN.
References:
Achillea grandifolia. Greuter, W. 2006+: Compositae (pro parte majore). – In: Greuter, W. & Raab-Straube, E. von, Compositae. Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published at https://europlusmed.org/. https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/65663ffa-3c5d-422c-a8f4-99b7814ab329 [Accessed 23.02.2026].
Achillea grandifolia Friv. Greuter, W. (2006+): Compositae (pro parte majore). – In: Greuter, W. & Raab-Straube, E. von (ed.): Compositae. Euro+Med Plantbase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published on the Internet http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameCache=Achillea%20grandifolia&PTRefFk=7000000 [Accessed 01.07.2021].
Achillea grandifolia Friv. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:174006-1 Accessed 23.02.2026].
Gajić, M. Rod Achillea L. In Josifović (ed.), Flora SR Srbije, VII. Beograd: Srpska Akademija Nauka i Umetnosti, Beograd, pp. 90–110.
Richardson, I. В. K. 1976. Achillea L. 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). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 159–165.
Last update: 23.02.2026.