Achillea nobilis
Achillea nobilis
Binbiryaprak
Height 15-70 cm. Rootstock without stolons. Stems terete, longitudinally striped, ± densely adpressed- or spreading-pilose. Leaves loosely or densely woolly-pubescent, cauline similar to basal; basal 2-3-pinnatipartite, oblong-lanceolate, 2-10 x 1-3 cm, rachis usually dentate; median cauline ovate-oblong to broadly ovate, 2-5 x 1-3 cm, primary segments ± regularly 1-pinnatifid to 1-pinnatisect. Capitula 50-150 and more, corymbs 2-10 cm broad, peduncles 1-4 mm. Involucre broadly obovoid to oblong, 3-3.5 x 2-3 mm. Phyllaries triangular-lanceolate and acute, to oblong and obtuse, sparsely hairy to densely woolly-shaggy. Ligules 3-5, pale yellow above, white below, 0.8-1.5 mm; disc flowers 10-25. Fl. 6-8. Forest, steppe, rocky igneous and volcanic slopes, meadows, fallow fields, 400-2350 m.
1. Involucre and peduncles with loose indumentum of short ± spreading hairs
2. Height 30-60 cm; median cauline leaves oblong-ovate, 2-5 x 1-3 cm, with 6-8 pairs of primary segments, rachis 0.7-1 mm, leaves distant; internodes 2-4 cm; involucre obovoid, 3-3.5 x 2-2.5 mm subsp. neilreichii
2. Height 16-22 cm; median cauline leaves broadly ovate, 2-4 x 1.5-3 cm, with 4-6 pairs of primary segments, rachis 1-1.8 mm, leaves congested; internodes 0.5-l cm; involucre broadly obovoid to orbicular, 3 x 2.5-3 mm subsp. densissima
1. Involucre and peduncles with dense woolly-shaggy indumentum of short sub. adpressed or spreading hairs
3. Height 15-35 cm; ultimate leaf segments 0.5-1 x 0.2-0.3 mm; corymbs 2-3.5 cm broad subsp. sipylea
3. Height 35-70 cm; ultimate leaf segments 2-4 x 0.3-0.7 mm; corymbs 5-7 cm broad subsp. kurdica
