Agrimony

Agrimonia eupatoria L. Sp. PI. 448. 1753
Perennial, with a short rather thick rootstock; stem strict, leafy, branched above, 3-6 dm. high, angled, hirsute with usually spreading hairs; stipules semi-cordate or semi-orbicular, incised, hirsute, 1-2 cm. long; petioles and rachis of the leaves hirsute as well as finely pubescent; principal leaflets 9-13, or on the upper part of the stem 7, elliptic or lance-elliptic, 2-6 cm. long, coarsely serrate, acute at both ends, darkgreen and appressed-pubescent above, finely pubescent as well as hirsute beneath, especially on the veins, but not glandular-granuliferous, the terminal one short-petioluled, the lateral ones sessile; interposed leaflets small, often 2 or 3 pairs in each interval, entire or toothed; racemes elongate, 2-3 dm. long; peduncles hirsute; pedicels very short, in fruit recurved; sepals ovate-lanceolate, about 2 mm. long, strongly ribbed; petals goldenyellow, orbicular or oval, 4-6 mm. long; fruiting hypanthium turbinatecampanulate, about 5 mm. long, strongly and deeply grooved, with a distinct rim, hirsute; bristles in about 4 series, the inner 2-2.5 mm. long, ascending, the outer shorter and spreading.
Type locality: Europe. ,,.,-™* a
Distribution: Europe and Asia; introduced and sparingly established in Minnesota ana