Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 2: 896 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5: 382 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1912), Botany. Contributions to the Flora of Queensland. Queensland Agricultural Journal 29(2): 179 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 272 [secondary reference]

Britton, N.L. & Brown, A. (7 June 1913), An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British possessions Edn. 2, 3: 514 [secondary reference]

• Type: Achillea santolina L.

Black, J.M. (1929), Bignoniaceae - Compositae. Flora of South Australia 4: 605 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "Latin name of some curative herb, so called in honor of Achilles."

Green, M.L. in Ramsbottom, J., Wilmott, A.J., Wakefield, E.M. & Sprague, T.A. (ed.) (August 1929), The application of Linnean generic names to be determined by means of specified Standard-species. Nomenclature: Proposals by British Botanists: 182 [secondary reference]

• Type: Achillea millefolium L.

Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4: 878 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "Latin name of some curative herb, so called in honour of Achilles."

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 388 [secondary reference]

Curtis, W.M. (1963), Angiospermae: Lythraceae to Epacridaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 2: 350 [secondary reference]

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 369 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 70 [secondary reference]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Asteraceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 567 [secondary reference]

Hardin, D.W. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Achillea. Flora of New South Wales 3: 285 [secondary reference]

Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Asteraceae. Flora of Victoria 4: 924 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2: 492 [secondary reference]

Anderberg, A.A., Baldwin, B.G., Bayer, R.G., Breitwieser, I., Jeffrey, C., Dillon, M.O., Eldenäs, P., Funk, V., Garcia-Jacas, N., Hind, D.J.N., Karis, P.O., Lack, H.W., Nesom, G., Nordenstam, B., Oberprieler, C., Panero, J.J., Puttock, C., Robinson, H., Stuessy, T.F., Susanna, A., Urtubey, E., Vogt, R., Ward, J. & Watson, L.E. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (2007), Compositae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 8: 364 [secondary reference]

Thompson, I.R. (22 May 2007), A taxonomic treatment of tribe Anthemideae (Asteraceae) in Australia. Muelleria 25: 30 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 7 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

Thompson, I.R. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2015), Asteraceae Subfam. Asteroideae Trib. 3. Anthemideae. Flora of Australia 37: 338-339 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "named after Achilles who is said to have used this herb to staunch the wounds of Telephus."

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