Achillea millefolium var. occidentalis
Achillea borealis
Native to Virginia. How scores work Is it native here?
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At a glance
Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Light · Soil · Life cycle · Leaves · Bloom
This plant is missing most of its facts, so Quercus is looking them up in old botany books.
Recorded in 101 Virginia counties.
Who uses this plant?
14CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including VA
Genus host records with ranges including VA · Achillea
- Agrotis volubilisVoluble Dart
- 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
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- Sparganothoides lentiginosanaLentiginos Moth
- 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
Direct food only: birds recorded eating this genus across North America. Caterpillars on host plants also feed nesting birds. NC Native Plant Society: butterfly gardening
No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects
Plant details
- Family
- ASTERACEAE
What its natural habitat tells you
Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.
Also known as
Achillea borealis
Conservation status
| Virginia rank | Not available |
|---|---|
| Global rank | Not available |
| VA status | Not verified |
| Federal status | Not verified |
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Sources
- Digital Atlas of the Virginia 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