The Song Of The Yarrow Fairy

Among the harebells and the grass,

The grass all feathery with seed,

I dream, and see the people pass:

They pay me little heed.

The Yarrow Fairy

And yet the children (so I think)

In spite of other flowers more dear,

Would miss my clusters white and pink

If I should disappear.

Achillea Millefolium

Yarrow flower

A flowering plant of the Asteraceae family, Yarrow is a native plant

which can be found growing in temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere,

in Asia, Europe, and in North America.

In the American Southwest states of New Mexico and Colorado it is

called, "plumajillo" which in Spanish means, "little feather" due to the 

fuzzy texture of the plant's leaves.

  Yarrow has been known since ancient times as a medicinal plant,

prized for its anticoagulant properties in stopping the flow of

 blood from wounds.  Other common names for Yarrow include

nosebleed plant, soldier's woundwort,  milfoil, and old man's pepper.

"Song Of The Yarrow Fairy"

Poem and Illustration

Cecily Mary Barker

(1895-1973)

English artist and portrait painter

of the Flower Fairies of The Summer