Achillea millefolium.
Botanical name:
Achillea millefolium Linn. Compositae. Hundred-Leaved Grass. Milfoil. Nosebleed. Sanguinary. Thousand-Seal. Yarrow.
Europe, Asia and America. In some parts of Sweden, yarrow is said to be employed as a substitute for hops in the preparation of beer, to which it is supposed to add an intoxicating effect.
Sturtevant's Edible Plants of the World, 1919, was edited by U. P. Hedrick.
