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Achillea maritima

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Family: Asteraceae · Genus: Achillea

Achillea maritima

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Achillea maritima, commonly known as cottonweed or sea cottonweed, is an evergreen, woolly perennial subshrub in the family Asteraceae. The species is specialized to maritime environments, possessing physical adaptations to survive extreme coastal factors such as salt spray, shifting sand dune substrates, and high winds. It is widely distributed across the coastlines of the Mediterranean Basin, the Atlantic shores of Western Europe, the Canary Islands, and parts of the Black Sea and Caucasus.

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