Achillea collina (Wirtg.) Heimerl

Taxonomy: Fam. Compositae// Genus: Achillea// Species: Achillea collina (Wirtg.) Heimerl.

Determined according to the botanical keys provided by Richardson (1976 in Tutin et al.).

Lifeform: Perennial; hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Distribution: Native from Central to South and East Europe according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew) and The Euro+Med Plantbase (Greuter, 2006+).

Habitat: Montane pastures, edges and clearings of European beech forests.

Flowering period: Summer: JUL.

*Achillea collina*– habitat. Osogovo – near Kormina region, 07.07.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Achillea collina (Wirtg.) Becker ex Heimerl. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60477838-2 [Accessed 25.02.2026].

Achillea collina. 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/f0eac0d9-475b-4ceb-91db-b598bdec54c6 [Accessed 25.02.2026].

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: 25.02.2026.

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