Agrimonia parviflora (Small-flowered agrimony)

Agrimonia parviflora Aiton

Small-flowered agrimony, swamp agrimony

Kingdom	Plantae	Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta	Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
Division	Magnoliophyta	Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms
Class	Magnoliopsida	Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves
Subclass	Rosidae	Roses, legumes, proteas, dogwoods, hydrangeas, mistletoes, euphorbias, grapes, many more
Order	Rosales	Rose family and eight others
Family	Rosaceae	Includes apples, apricots, plums, cherries, peaches, pears, raspberries, strawberries, almonds, roses, meadowsweets, photinias, firethorns, rowans, and hawthorns; many others
Genus	Agrimonia	From Greek Argemone, for plants which are healing to the eyes
Species	parviflora	“Small-flowered”

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Swamp agrimony is a North American native with a fondness for moist ground.

Identification: Plants are 30-60" (76-152 cm) in height. Leaf groups emerge alternately from a very hairy central stem. The groups are odd pinnate—composed of opposing pairs of leaflets and tipped with another leaflet. Leaflets are 2-3" (5-7.6 cm) × ½" (1.3 cm), and serrated. Interspersed between the larger leaflets are much smaller ones less than 1" (2.5 cm) long. Yellow flowers about ¼" (6.3 mm) in diameter, with five petals, are spread along the branches. They appear from August to September. Fruits are achenes: small fruits that contain a single seed that nearly fills it.

Online References:

Agrimonia parviflora at Illinois Wildflowers

Agrimonia parviflora on Missouriplants.com

Agrimonia parviflora on Ontario Wildflowers

Agrimonia parviflora on Plants for a Future, a resource and information centre for edible and otherwise useful plants

Agrimonia parviflora on

Agrimonia parviflora on castle.eiu.edu

Agrimonia parviflora description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 25 May 2020.

5/22/2010 · Garden in the Woods, Framingham, Massachusetts
≈ 14 × 10" (34 × 25 cm)

5/22/2010 · Garden in the Woods, Framingham, Massachusetts
≈ 17 × 12" (44 × 29 cm)

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