On 6/11/10 6:11 PM, wrote:
On Fri, 11 Jun 2010 19:48:37 -0400, Frank
wrote:

http://home.comcast.net/~frank.logullo/weed.jpg

Anyone know what this is? Mentioned to wife that flowers look a little
like hemlock and now she's worried.

The foliage looks like yarrow. The flowers looks too big, more
fleabane size, but that could be the angle. My bet is on yarrow.

If so, Achillea millefolium is a wonderful plant. It was said that
Achilles was dipped in yarrow but held by his heel, so that was the
only part of his body that wasn't protected.

Yarrow is amazing at stopping bleeding. I introduced it to my diabetic
neighbor. Chew on a leaf and apply it to a bleeding wound and voila,
the bleeding stops. Great to have in a garden, although some folks
might not like that it spreads.

The legend of Achilles is that his mother Thetis dipped him as an infant
into the River Styx (which must be crossed by the dead to reach Hades).
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achilles'_heel for details.

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David E. Ross
Climate: California Mediterranean
Sunset Zone: 21 -- interior Santa Monica Mountains with some ocean
influence (USDA 10a, very close to Sunset Zone 19)
Gardening diary at http://www.rossde.com/garden/diary