Yarrow

Description:

About 75cm in height, the Common Yarrow is herbaceous flowering perennial from Asteraceae family, with small white flowers in tight inflorescence.

Habitat:

Yarrow is native to Eurasia, and is found in grasslands, forest edges and open forests, flowering from May to August. This member of Asteraceae family is a common in our region, and I observed it in a variety of habitats, from mountain grasslands to lower-altitude meadows. Here, observed growing on edges of deciduous, predominantly oak, (Bagasse forest) forest on France-Switzerland border, in a valley of lake Geneva, just in between Jura and Alps mountains ranges.

Notes:

Used in beer production as aromate, and in traditional medicine for a variety of uses, most often because of its astringent (constricting body tissues) effects. Reportedly, the essential oil of Yarrow can help repel mosquitos.