Many-flowered Agrimony

(Agrimonia parviflora)

Many-flowered Agrimony (Agrimonia parviflora Ait.)

Identification: Flowers small, yellow, with 5 petals and numerous stamens. Flowers arranged in a slender, terminal spike. The seedpods have hooks and readily stick to clothes. Leaves compound with long, slender leaflets interspersed with small, more irregular ones between the larger ones. Outer margins of all leaflets heavily toothed. Plant 2 to 6 feet in height.

Distribution: South Dakota to New England, southward to Georgia and Texas.

Habitat: Many-flowered Agrimony is found in woods and thickets.

Flowering period: July to October.

Similar Species: Many-flowered Agrimony is perhaps the easiest species of the genus to recognize because of its long, thin leaflets. There are several other species with wider leaflets that look more or less the same and whose identification depends on technical characters. One such unidentified species is shown below.