Agrimony

Agrimonia eupatoria
Rosaceae

Growth Habit

Herbaceous

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.

Source of plant

Well-Sweep Herb Farm, Nichols Garden Nursery, Richters

USDA Hardiness Zone

5

Special characteristics

medicinal/pharmaceutical, other ethnobotanical uses