GENUS ACHILLEA L. (ASTERACEAE) IN REPUBLIC OF NORTH MACEDONIA.

The genus Achillea L. comprises more than 50 species in Europe, with more than 43 species in the Balkans. In Republic of North Macedonia is represented with the 17 species. Most species of genus Achillea L., are beautiful, fragrant and medicinal, therefore it is suitable and interesting to cultivate them in botanic gardens or close to pharmaceutical or medicinal enterprises. In this study the most interesting species are analysed, rare and endemic in the Balkans. One of them is also Achillea clavennae L., which is represented by three varieties: var. argentea, var. intercedens and var. clavennae. Achillea clavennae L., var. clavennae Hayek (Asteraceae) is presented in Albania, Kosovo, Republic of North Macedonia, Slovenia (Martinčič A., Wraber T., Jogan N., Ravnik V., Podobnik A., Turk B., Vreš B., 1999), Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and Greece. From the current knowledge of flora in Macedonia Achillea clavennae L., var. clavennae Hayek (Asteraceae) is presented only in Galičica. Those species are recorded for the first time in Cerovo and were recognized which represents a new locality of distribution of those species in the flora of Republic of North Macedonia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]