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Tall Hairy Agrimony
A. gryposepala flowers
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Rosaceae
Genus:	Agrimonia
Species:	A. gryposepala
Binomial name
Agrimonia gryposepala Wallr.

Agrimonia gryposepala (Tall hairy agrimony,^[1] Common agrimony, Hooked agrimony,^[2] Tall hairy grooveburr ^[3]) is a perennial forb belonging to the rose family (Rosaceae). It grows 1–5ft (about 30–150cm), producing a cluster of small, yellow, 5-parted flowers on a hairy stalk above pinnate leaves. The fruits are hooked dry seeds grouped in a cluster. A spicy scent is released when the stem is crushed.^[4][5] The plant is native to Canada, the United States, and Chiapas, Mexico,^[2] and grows in woodlands and forests.^[5]

The specific epithet, gryposepala, is from the Greek grypo, meaning curved or hooked, and sepala, meaning sepal.^[5]

References

From Wikispecies

Taxonavigation

Classification System: APG II (down to family level)

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Cladus: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiospermae
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Rosales
Familia: Rosaceae
Subfamilia: Rosoideae
Tribus: Sanguisorbeae
Subtribus: Agrimoniinae
Genus: Agrimonia
Species: Agrimonia gryposepala

Name

Agrimonia gryposepala Wallr.

Vernacular names

References

• USDA, NRCS. 2006. The PLANTS Database, 6 March 2006 (http://plants.usda.gov).

Data compiled from various sources by Mark W. Skinner. National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.

• Beitrage zur Botanik 1:49, t. 1, fig. 8. 1842
• USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. [1]