Seasonal Wild Flowers

Sneezewort

Achillea ptarmica

Asteraceae

July to September

It isfound throughout the country except for parts of East

Anglia and the far Southeast.

See the BSBI distribution map for Sneezewort

It grows in damp, acid soils in marshes, water meadows

and heaths and on stream and river banks.

SneezewortIt is a native, perennial herb, growing to 60cm.

Flowers are up to 18mm across with white ray-florets and

yellow disk-florets.

The centre of the flowerhead is mainly silvery grey (only a

proportion of disc florets are out at the same time).

Leaves are green, long and thin with numerous small teeth.

It has been used in salads and as a herbal medicine in

treating toothache and to clear heads by inducing

sneezing.

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Sneezewort flowers

Close-up of flowerhead

Ray and disc florets

Leaves