Agrimonia striata

Agrimonia striata
Inflorescence A. striata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Agrimonia
Species: A. striata
Binomial name
Agrimonia striata
Michx.

Agrimonia striata (Roadside agrimony, Grooved agrimony,[1] Agrimony, Cocklebur, Woodland Agrimony, [2] Woodland grooveburr[3]) is a species of perennial forb belonging to the Rose family (Rosaceae). It grows to about 40in. (1m) producing a dense cluster (raceme) of 5-parted yellow flowers on a hairy stalk above pinnately-divided leaves.[1] It is native to the United States, Canada, and Saint Pierre and Miquelon.[4]

The species name striata means "striped".[1]

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