Common Yarrow Flower. Yarrow is pest-resistant drought-resistant attracts butterflies and is excellent for cutting and drying. In fact yarrow earned its genus name Achillea because in legend Achilles used the herb to stop the bleeding of his wounded soldiers.
Some varieties may be pinkish but the Montara Mountain family is usually white or cream colored. An attractive hardy perennial yarrow can reach about 3 feet in height. Inch across and have 4 to 6 white to pink ray flowers petals notched at the tips and cream colored or pale yellow disc flowers.
The flowers may be yellow red pink or any shade in between.
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