Siberian Yarrow
Achillea alpina
- Plant Type
- Forb (Deciduous)
- Landscape Layer
- Herbaceous
- Sun
- ☀️ Full Sun, ⛅ Part Sun
- Moisture
- 🏜️ Dry, 💧 Regular
- Soil
- Clay, Loam, Sand
- Bloom
- July, August, September
- Sociability
- S2 – Small groups
Pollinator Value
- ❄️ Winter Food Source
- Seeds consumed by Greater Sage-Grouse and Wild Turkey at the genus level. Persistent seed heads may provide limited winter forage for ground-feeding birds.
Ecology & Conservation
- Proximity Score
- 2
- Native Status
- ❌ Outaouais ❌ Ottawa ❌ QC ✅ ON
- Closest Direction
- NW
- CEC Eco-Regions
- 9 – Great Plains, 9.2 – Temperate Prairies, 9.2.2 – Lake Manitoba and Lake Agassiz Plain
- Rarity Notes
- Ranked S1 (Critically Imperiled) in Ontario with very few known occurrences, concentrated in the Lake of the Woods area near the Manitoba border. Not listed under SARA. Globally secure (G5) and nationally secure in Canada (N5), but at the extreme eastern edge of its range in Ontario.
- Rarity Ranks
- QC SNR – Not Ranked, ON S1 – Critically Imperiled
- Migration
- Stable
- Ecological Context
- A boreal-prairie perennial herb of grasslands, forest margins, and meadow edges across western Canada. In Ontario, ranked S1 (Critically Imperiled), known primarily from the Lake of the Woods area in the far northwest. Typical habitat includes moist to dry grasslands on mountain slopes, clearings at forest margins, and river valley meadows.
Medicinal Properties ℹ
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- Listed by Health Canada NHPID as an approved herbal substance (Achilleae Herba). Preparations include decoction, decoction concentrate, dry extract, and powdered forms using the herb top (aerial parts).
Edibility & Foraging ℹ
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Seed Source
- Blazing Star