achillea

[From Achilles, a disciple of Chiron, said to have been the first physician who used the plant for healing wounds.] Milfoil. A genus of plants belonging to the order Asteraceæ, or Composites, the suborder Tubulifloresæ, and the tribe An them ideæ. Two species are wild in Great Britain: the A. mille folium, or Milfoil [MILFOIL), which is very common; and the A. ptarmic a, or Sneezewort Yarrow, which is not unfrequent. [SNEEZEWORT.] Besides these there are three species doubtfully native the A. deco lorans, A. tana cet i folium, and A. to mentos a. There are many foreign species. Some of these are cultivated as edgings to walks in gardens.