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Achillea ageratum, also known as sweet yarrow,[2] sweet-Nancy,[3] English mace or sweet maudlin, is a flowering plant in the sunflower family, native to Europe (Portugal, Spain, France, England, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Croatia and Romania), and Morocco.[4] In the United States the plant is cultivated in the state of New York for its pleasant fragrance and sparingly naturalized in a few places outside its native range.[5][6]

Achillea ageratum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Achillea
Species:	A. ageratum
Binomial name
Achillea ageratum L.
Synonyms[1]
Achillea viscosa Lam. Conforata ageratum Fourr.

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In the Middle Ages it was used as a strewing herb to repel insects such as moths, lice and ticks and spread a good smell in private rooms.[7] The leaves of English mace can be chopped and used raw as a herb, or added with other herbs to soups and stews.[8]

References

Sources

• Bailey, Liberty Hyde; Bailey, Ethel Zoe (1976). Hortus Third: a concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada. New York: Macmillan. ISBN 978-00250-5-470-7 – via Internet Archive.
• Farrell, Holly (2019). The Kew Gardener's Guide to Growing Herbs. London: White Lion Publishing. ISBN 978-07112-3-936-4.

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Achillea ageratum es una especie perteneciente a la familia de las asteráceas.

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