Achillea millefolium (Common Yarrow)

grows 2-3 ft. tall

grows in full sun

prefers dry to medium soils

white blooms from June-September

natural habitat: roadsides, fields, meadows, clearings, mesic to dry upland forests, river banks

host plant for many caterpillar species

resistant to black walnut toxicity (juglone)

deer resistant

companion plants: Asclepias tuberosa (butterfly milkweed), Rudbeckia species, and native grasses.

can use dried leaves as tea