Photographs are not available yet.
Ecological relationships
Who uses this plant?
13CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including KY
Genus host records with ranges including KY · Achillea
- Chlorochlamys chloroleucariaBlackberry Looper Moth
- Eupithecia miserulataCommon Eupithacia, Common Pug
- Gillmeria pallidactylaYarrow Plume Moth
- Heliothis phloxiphagaSpotted Straw Sun Moth, Darker Spotted Straw Moth
- Homorthodes furfurataNorthern Scurfy Quaker
- Lacinipolia olivaceaOlive Arches, Olive Groundcat
- Orthodes cynicaCynical Quaker, Cynical Groundcat
- Papaipema nebrisStalk Borer
- Pseudorthodes vecorsSmall Brown Quaker, Small Brown Groundcat
- Sparganothoides lentiginosanaLentiginos Moth
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- Synchlora aerataWavy-Lined Emerald, Camouflaged Looper
- Trichordestra legitimaStriped Garden Caterpillar Moth
- Vanessa carduiPainted Lady, Cosmopolite
12BeesSoutheastern regional records
Southeastern regional records · Achillea
Individual names are not available yet.
Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
0Specialist beesPollen specialists
2BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim
Recorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim · Achillea
- Centrocercus urophasianusGreater Sage-Grouse
- Meleagris gallopavoWild Turkey
No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects
Growing and identification
Plant details
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Hardiness
- Zones 3a–9b
- Soil pH
- Neutral
- Flower color
- Cream, yellow, orange, pink, purple, red or white
Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.
Growing sources and scope
- Flower color · “Cream, yellow, orange, pink, purple, red or white” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox
- Hardiness · “Zones 3a–9b” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox
- Height · “1–3 feet” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox
- Leaves · “Deciduous” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox
- Life cycle · “Perennial” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox
- Light · “Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox
- Soil · “Occasionally dry; Occasionally wet” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox
- Soil pH · “Neutral” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox
- Spread · “1–3.8333 feet” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox
Conservation status
| Kentucky rank | Not available |
|---|---|
| Global rank | Not available |
| KY status | Not verified |
| Federal status | Not verified |
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Sources
- tnky_atlas
- nc_flora
- Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
- Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
- Smith, Bachelder, Russell, Morales, Mosher & Seltmann 2024, Bee-Specialization-Modeling v0.6.1 (specialist host table compiled from J. Fowler's pollen specialist bee lists), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
- Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)
- Narango, Tallamy & Shropshire 2020, Few keystone plant genera support the majority of Lepidoptera species, Nature Communications