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), oblong-lanceolate, 10-20cm long x 3-7cm wide, divided into as many as 15 pairs of linear-lanceolate toothed leaflet-like segments; heads small, 30-50 in a dense, flattened plate-like compound corymbs, 4-10cm wide, disk florets 15-30 per head, bright golden yellow, 2-3mm long, ray florets absent.
Habit:
Stiffly upright
Form:
Mounded, Oval - vertical
Texture:
Medium - fine
Mature Height:
0.7 - 1.3m
Mature 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, Sheltered
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:
Leaf Morphology:
Form:
Dissected
Arrangement:
Alternate
Texture/Venation:
Soft flexible
Surfaces:
Pubescent, Distinctive smell
Colour in Summer:
Green, Silver / Grayish, grey-green
Shapes:
Lanceolate, Oblong
Apices:
Acute
Bases:
Cuneate
Margins:
Double serrate, Lacerate, Pinnately lobed
Inflorescence Type:
Head (capitulum), Corymb-like
Flower Morphology:
Flowers perfect
Number Of Petals:
5
Corolla Shape:
Rotate/stellate
Ovary Position:
Inferior
Colour (petals):
Showy, Yellow
Flower Scent:
Musky, Unpleasant
Flower Time at Peak:
Jul, Aug
Additional Info:
Ray florets 2-4, look similar but are slightly ligulate and pistilate
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
Maintenance:
Low
Pest Susceptibility:
Mildew, Rust (Pest resistant, Disease resistant, Deer resistant, Rabbit resistant, Drought tolerant)
