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Achillea clavennae
Silvery yarrow is a low, silver-leaved perennial from the mountains of central and southern Europe, grown mainly in rock gardens and dry borders. It thrives in full sun and sharp drainage.
Achillea clavennae, the silvery yarrow, is a herbaceous perennial flowering plant in the sunflower family. The species name (clavennae) honors the 17th-century Italian botanist N. Clavena.
This species is native to Central Europe, the eastern Alps, the southern Alps up to the Balkan Peninsula.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Achillea clavennae by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
