Tall Showy Yarrow
Achillea alpina
Pollinator plant

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Growing it
| When | Flowers June to August |
|---|---|
| Type | wildflower |
| Sun | Full sun, partial shade |
| Water | Low |
| Soil | pH 5.5–7.5 |
| Hardiness | zone 2–7 |
| Mature height | 0.6 m |
| Mature spread | 0.45 m |
| Spacing | 0.3 m |
| Years to maturity | 2 |
| Bloom | Jun–Aug |
| Flower colour | White not verified, a genus-level estimate |
| In bloom | June July August |
| Native to | AB, SK |
Where it has been recorded
Which ecoregions the records fall in
- Aspen Parkland central AB / SK: 166 records, high confidence
- Mid-Boreal Uplands central AB / SK: 74 records, high confidence
- Boreal Transition central AB / SK: 60 records, high confidence
- Peace Lowland north AB: 19 records, medium confidence
- Western Alberta Upland central AB: 15 records, medium confidence
- Wabasca Lowland north AB: 12 records, medium confidence
- Slave River Lowland north AB: 8 records, medium confidence
- Western Boreal central AB: 5 records, low confidence
- Clear Hills Upland north AB: 4 records, low confidence
- Hay River Lowland north AB: 4 records, low confidence
- Moist Mixed Grassland south AB / SK: 3 records, low confidence
These are counts of records collected somewhere in the region, which is the resolution of the evidence: the map above shows where inside it. A region with 3 records is not the same claim as one with three hundred, so the count travels with the region. A region missing from this list means nobody has recorded it there, which is not the same as the plant being absent. Records within 900 m of a border count for neither side, because the border is not drawn finely enough to say which one they are on. Source: GBIF occurrence search + PRESERVED_SPECIMEN pass, retrieved 2026-08-24. Boundaries digitised from the National Ecological Framework for Canada v2.2 (Ecological Stratification Working Group 1995), simplified to about 900 m for display: an outline is accurate to roughly a kilometre, not to the metre. How these counts are made.
See every observation, live and current, on GBIF or iNaturalist.
Documented animals
No animal relationships are documented for this species in our sources. That is a gap in the catalogue, not evidence that nothing uses it.
Also worth knowing
Safety
Low toxicity to pets
Edible parts
Leaves, flowers
Buying it
About $8–$16 per plant (estimate), usually stocked by garden centres. Estimate (herb default); AB retail as of 2026
Where these numbers came from
- Flower detail: not verified, a genus-level estimate