| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Achillea maritima (L.) Ehrend. & Y.P.Guo trib. Anthemideae |
| Bibliography | Willdenowia 35: 50 (2005) |
| Native Range | Europe to Medit., Canary Islands, Transcaucasus |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | sands |
| Altitude | 0-40m |
| Description | leaves crowded, 5-17mm, oblong to oblong-lanceolate, subcarnose, capitula white lanate, spherical, about 5mm across, discoid, in corymb |
| Size | 15-40cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | late summer, autumn |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-16°C cuttings in late spring and late summer |
| Synonyms | Athanasia maritima (L.) L. Diotis candidissima Desf. Diotis maritima (L.) Sm. Filago maritima L. Gnaphalium legitimum Gaertn. Neesia maritima (L.) Spreng. ex Steud. Otanthus maritimus (L.) Hoffmanns. & Link Santolina maritima (L.) Crantz Santolina tomentosa Lam. |
| Territory | 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (GRB Great Britain, IRE Ireland) 11 Middle Europe (BGM Belgium) 12 Southwestern Europe (BAL Baleares, COR Corse, FRA France, POR Portugal, SAR Sardegna, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, BUL Bulgaria, GRC Greece, ITA Italy, KRI Kriti, SIC Sicilia, TUE Turkey-in-Europe, YUG Yugoslavia) 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (ALG Algeria, EGY Egypt, LBY Libya, MOR Morocco, TUN Tunisia) 21 Macaronesia (CNY Canary Is.) 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (CYP Cyprus, EAI East Aegean Is., LBS Lebanon-Syria, PAL Palestine, SIN Sinai, TUR Turkey) |