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Common Agrimony
Common Agrimony
Agrimonia eupatoria
Plantae
COMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Perennial
Size
Medium
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Temperate grassland
Range
Europe
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Spines
Status
Common

About

Common agrimony is a slender wildflower of meadows and hedgerows, sending up tall spires of small yellow blooms throughout summer. Its seeds are enclosed in hooked burrs that cling to fur and fabric, hitching rides across the countryside.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Rosales
Family
Rosaceae
Genus
Agrimonia
Species
Agrimonia eupatoria