#yarrow (common)

[wildflowers-of-southern-ontario]

Common Yarrow Achillea millefolium Asteraceae

Photograph taken on July 18, 2023, at Silver Creek Conservation Area, Ontario, Canada.

[burningeyeslikestars]

i will not stress that i did not buy native plants sourced from my specific ecotype it is enough that they are there IN MY OPINION

[faguscarolinensis]

Polistes dominula on Achillea millefolium / European Paper Wasp on Common Yarrow at Confluence Park in Denver, CO

[croc-odette]

Buy some wildflower seed packets but forget them in a drawer until November bc it’s blooming season not planting season!

[ichorblossoms]

oh shit yeah grimm and yarrow are exes to lovers huh

[anarchist-bean]

Foraging Today [21 March 2024]

Common Ground-Ivy (Glechoma hederacea)

Rough Horsetail (Equisetum hyemale)

Mullein (Verbascum thapsus)

Stinging Nettle (Urtica dioica)

Purple Deadnettle (Lamium purpureum)

Common Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)

[dansnaturepictures]

06/12/2022-Lakeside and home 

Pictures taken today in this set are of; view of fallen leaves from one of the nice yellow trees out the front in the delicious winter sunlight I took and tweeted a photo of this tree too, a beautiful yellow flower in the flower bed area out the front in the nice light, two autumnal leaves dominated views at Lakeside, some old man’s beard I’d seen for a while near the road entrance to Lakeside and this was the perfect moment for a photo in the sun and up against the bright blue sky, daisy, Common Gull and Black-headed Gulls at Lakeside, sunset and moon this evening and a crane fly this evening which was nice to see. After three overcast days it was magical to see the sun emerge just in time for my lunch time walk and uplift the scenes throughout the day, it really is so embracing being out in it and seeing the sweet angles of light and shadows over the landscape characteristic of this time of year. The bright and exciting last bits of autumnal colour continue to grip me, and it was a pleasure to explore this in lots of nice corners of Lakeside on a great lunch time walk as well as at home with the red tree near to my room as well as orange leaves in the distance and the tree visible in a neighbouring garden looking stunning as the sun hit its bare branches out the back. 

Key species seen today: 

Common Gull-It felt it should be any day that a Common Gull, or perhaps the Common Gull as I’ve seen at least one regularly throughout the last two winters here a quite notable bird for this site turned up. My Facebook memories reminded me I was seeing them around now in a year before, and I seemed to sense I might see one today planning a route to incorporate a little look at beach lake where they go. As I noticed the oceanic blue lake covered in Black-headed Gulls more than yesterday it felt like this rarer for here gull might be among them. And I scanned and found it was, giving me a few powerful moments of focus and fixation watching it which was a true delight and what my lunch time walks are all about. A stunning bird to see, with a cute face and mottled head in winter plumage, and a piercing red bordered eye and sharp yellow bill shining in the sunlight twisting and turning on the water. This has definitely been one of the key birds for me to see at Lakeside since I began working from home it’s one before this I’d have not thought about seeing here so it sums up the value of being able to get to Lakeside for lunch time and evening walks as it is a species I adore and is a big discovery for me. It’s so good to I hope get a third winter of seeing them here started. 

Herring Gull-On a good walk of gulls I saw one really well in flight over the eastern meadows of Lakeside.

Coot-I got some great views of some dashing across the grass towards the lake. 

Great Tit-Another good one to see well at Lakeside again. 

Starling-A nice bird seen from home today in a good few days for seeing them, and they were making a racket as a Jackdaw stood on the roof of the garages surrounded by them. 

Today I also saw; Blackbird well and Redwing briefly another key bird of the time of year at Lakeside, Blue Tit in the garden, spiders at home, yarrow, sow thistle I believe in the flower bed area, garlic or common penny cress or possible shepherd’s purse the nice white flowers on the green out the front and mushrooms including some on trees in the southern fenced off area which was great to see. Firethorn, rose hips, lavender, other plants in the front garden and flowers on the balcony were good to see at home again.

[felidaefatigue]

Native plant miniprints posts part four! These prints will be available on my etsy on the equinox, m.20 2023.

Since part of why I wanted to work on this project is that I wanted to learn more about familiar, local plantlife (I'm on treaty 7), I figured I should share some of that information while posting them. Of you have any other information about these plants please share!

Meadow Blazing Star/ Gayfeather, Liatris ligulistylis - lasts a long time as once cut, so great for flower gardens - dry soil and hot sun are a must - a later blooming flower and great for pollinators

Gumweed, Grindelia squarrosa - Gets the name because it’s fuuuull of sticky resin, especially young buds - I have little else without getting into medicine... they sticky boys.

Common Yarrow, Achillea millefolium - grows easily, almost invasively, but deters animals but also is kinda toxic - its been cultivated into a ton of colours but im a purist and think the white is the best - accumulates nutrients in it’s roots which can improve garden soils if left in

find the rest of the posts here, including any future additions:

1/2/3/4/5/(tbc)

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[natureisus]

Achillea millefolium

Common yarrow

[wildflowers-of-southern-ontario]

Common Yarrow Achillea millefolium Asteraceae

Photograph taken on July 3, 2023, at Marmora and Lake, Ontario, Canada.

[thebotanicalarcade]

n394_w1150 by Biodiversity Heritage Library Via Flickr: Icones florae Germanicae et Helveticae, simul Pedemontanae, Tirolensis, Istriacae, Dalmaticae, Austriacae, Hungaricae, Transylvanicae, Moravicae, Borussicae, Holsaticae, Belgicae, Hollandicae, ergo Mediae Europae. Lipsiae,F. Hofmeister [etc.]1834-1912. [v. 1, 1850] biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6035936

[headspace-hotel]

The knowledge of some common plants

Since many people don't know most of the plants around them, this is information on some plants that are commonly seen in many places throughout the world

This is Lamium purpureum, also called Purple Deadnettle.

It's called deadnettle because it looks like a nettle but it doesn't sting you

This plant is a winter annual—it grows its leaves in the fall, lasts through the winter, and blooms and dies in the spring

Its pollen is reddish orange. If you see bees with their heads stained reddish orange, it is likely because they have visited Purple Deadnettle

This is Trifolium repens, white clover

It is a legume (belongs to the bean family) and fixes nitrogen using symbiosis with bacteria that live in little nodules on its roots, fertilizing the soil

It is a good companion plant for the other members of a lawn or garden since it is tough, adaptable, and improves soil quality. According to my professor it used to be in lawn mixes, until chemical companies wanted to sell a new herbicide that would kill broadleaved plants and spare grass, and it was slandered as a weed :(

It is native only to Europe and Central Asia, but in the lawns they are doing more good than harm most places

Honeybees love to visit clover

Four-leaf clovers are said to be lucky

This is Achillea millefolium, Common Yarrow

It has had a relationship with humans since Neanderthals were around, at least 60,000 years, since Neanderthals have been found buried with Yarrow

Its leaves have been used to stop bleeding throughout history, and its scientific name comes from how Achilles was said to have used Yarrow to stop the blood from the wounds of his soldiers. A leaf rolled into a ball has been used to stop nosebleeds

It is a native species all throughout Eurasia and North America

This is Cichorium intybus, known as Chicory

The leaves look a lot like dandelion leaves, until in mid-spring when it begins growing a woody green stem straight up into the air

Like many other weeds, it has a symbiotic relationship with humans, existing in a mix of domesticated or partially domesticated and wild populations

It is native to Eurasia, but widespread in North America on roadsides and disturbed places, where it descended from cultivated plants

Its root contains large amounts of inulin, which is used as a sweetener and fiber supplement (if you look at the ingredients on the granola bars that have extra fiber, they usually are partly made of chicory root) and has also been used as a coffee substitute

A large variety of bees like to feed upon it

This is Phytolacca americana, known as Pokeweed

It is easily identified by its huge leaves and its waxy, bright magenta stem

It can grow more than nine feet tall from a sprout in a single summer!

If you squish the berries, the juice inside is a shocking magenta that is so bright it almost burns your eyes. For this reason many Native American people used it for pink and purple dye.

It is a heavy metal hyperaccumulator, particularly good for removing cadmium from the soil

All parts of the plant are poisonous and will make you very sick if you eat them, however if the leaves are picked when very young and boiled 3 times, changing out the water each time, they can be eaten, and this is a traditional food in the rural American Southeast, but I don't want to chance it

British people have introduced it as a pretty, exotic ornamental plant. I think that is very funny considering that here it is a weed associated with places where poor people live, but maybe they're right and I need to look closer to see the beauty.

If you see magenta stains in bird poop it is because they ate pokeweed berries- birds can safely eat the berries whereas humans cannot

This is Plantago lanceolata, Ribwort Plantain

It grows in heavily disturbed soils, in fact it is considered an indicator of agricultural activity. It is successful in the poorest, heaviest and most compacted soil.

The leaves, seeds, and flower heads are said to be edible but the leaves are really stringy unless they are very young. Of course, it is important to be careful when eating wild plants, and make sure you have identified the plant correctly and the soil is not contaminated

I have also heard the strings in the leaves can be extracted and used for textile purposes

and that's some common plants you might often see throughout the world

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Hot And Dry Wildflower Walk, 6-4-23

Leucanthemum vulgare (Oxeye Daisy) on 6-4-23, #943-60. Hello, everyone! I hope this post finds you well. I decided to go for a wildflower walk on Sunday afternoon even though it was bright and sunny and the temperature was already almost 90° F. There was a nice breeze, so it wasn’t so bad. We haven’t had much rain and it seems many of the wildflowers I usually see are non-existent. Only the…

[faguscarolinensis]

Achillea millefolium 'Sassy Summer Taffy' / 'Sassy Summer Taffy' Yarrow at the JC Raulston Arboretum at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, NC

[ichorblossoms]

googling bee anatomy shit for monstery yarrow purposes and sitting here like. yeah this ain't gonna work i gotta make this up on my own or just straight up not go with that idea