Scientific Name:	Achillea filipendulina 'Gold Plate'
Pronunciation:	ack-ih-LEE-uh fill-ih-pen-dew-LYE-nuh
Common Name:	Gold Plate yarrow
Family Name:	Asteraceae
Plant Type:	Herbaceous perennial
Key ID Features:	Leaves deeply-dissected, 1-2 pinnatifid, hairy, fern-like, aromatic (spicy), up to 25 cm long, divided into as many as 15 pairs of linear-lanceolate toothed segments; florets tiny, long-lasting, bright golden, in small heads that appear in dense, flattened plate-like compound corymbs, 4 - 10 cm wide.
Course(s):	not used (on campus)

Habit: Stiffly upright Form: Mounded, Oval - vertical Texture: Medium - fine Mature Size: Height: 0.7 - 1.3m Spread: 0.3 - 0.6m Growth Rate: Fast Origin: Central / west Asia, Garden origin Hardiness Rating: Zone 3: (-40 to -34 C) Exposure: Full sun Soil/ Growing Medium: Rocky or gravelly or dry Water Use: Low, Summer dry Landscape Uses: Attract beneficial insects, Attract butterflies, Cut flower or foliage, Dried flower or fruit, Perennial border Additional Info: Google

Leaf Morphology: Glossary Form: Compound, Dissected Arrangement: Alternate Texture/ Venation: Soft flexible Surfaces: Distinctive smell, Pubescent Compound Leaf: Bipinnate, Odd-pinnate Colour in Summer: Silver / Grayish, Green, grey-green Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Lanceolate, Oblong Apices: Acute Bases: Cuneate Margins: Double serrate, Lacerate, Pinnately lobed

Inflorescence Type: Corymb-like, Head (capitulum) Flower Morphology: Flowers perfect Number of Petals: 5 Corolla Shape: Ligulate Colour (petals): Showy, Yellow Flower Scent: Musky, Unpleasant Flower Time at Peak: Jul, Aug Additional Info: Ray florets unisexual

Fruit Type: Cypsela (achene + calyx) Fruit Colour: Brown Fruiting Time: Sep, Oct Additional Info: Fruit insignificant

Bark or Stem Colour: Green     Organ Modifications: Fibrous-like roots

Propagation:	Seed, Division - above ground parts, Division - below ground parts
Plant Care:
Maintenance:	Low
Pest Susceptibility:	Pest resistant, Disease resistant, Deer resistant, Rabbit resistant, Drought resistant

Location(s): (BHE) Boulevard by Hwy. 10 Eastend Location Map

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