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Agrimonia gryposepala

Common Name: agrimony, tall hairy agrimony, church steeples, stickwort, sticklewort
Scientific Name: Agrimonia gryposepala Wallr.
Family Name: Rosaceae - Rose Family

Identification Notes

Life Cycle: 
native perennial, reproducing by seed
Stems: 
upright, stout, branched, long soft hairs, dark green, slightly fragrant when crushed
Leaves: 
alternate, pinnately compound, 5 to 9 leaflets increasing in size toward tip, small leaflet between main leaflets, ovate-lanceolate to obovate, coarsely toothed, mostly smooth above, rachis hairy leaves
Leaves of Agrimony
Flowers: 
5-petaled, yellow, stalk hairy and glanular; solitary terminal spikes flowers flowers
Flowers of Agrimony
Fruit: 
fruits enclosed in burr-like capsule, capsule top-shaped with hooked spines, green