Agrimony
Growth habit
Herbaceous
Native distribution
Europe, Western Asia, North Africa
Biocultural value
Leaves and flowers contain astringent tannins, silica and Vitamin K. During Anglo-Saxon times it was valued for these wound healing properties. The entire plant yields yellow dye with alum and chrome as mordants. With iron, grey shades are obtained.
Location
Source of plant
Well-Sweep Herb Farm, Nichols Garden Nursery, Richters
Description
Perennial reaching 5' in height, usually hirsute below. Leaves largely in lower part, leaflets 7 to 13, oblong to narrow-obovate, gray-hairy beneath, to 1" across, rounded at base, with 6 to 13 teeth on either side; pedicels less than 3/16" long, lower bracts 3-lobed. Petals golden-yellow, 3/16" long, obconic, deeply grooved throughout, with slightly spreading bristles.
USDA Hardiness Zone
5
Special characteristics
medicinal/pharmaceutical, other ethnobotanical uses