Agrimonia rostellata Wallroth. Common name: Woodland Agrimony. Phenology: Jul-Aug; Jul-Oct. Habitat: Moist to wet forests and woodlands, especially in base-rich soils. Distribution: CT west to IN and KS, south to SC, GA, Panhandle FL, LA, and OK.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, F, FNA9, G, GrPl, Il, K4, Mi, NcTx, NE, NS, NY, Pa, POWO, RAB, S, Tat, Tn, Tx, Va, W, Kline & Sørensen (2008), Robertson (1974). Basionym: Agrimonia rostellata Wallr. 1842
Links to other floras: = Agrimonia rostellata - FNA9
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU
- Great Plains: FAC
- Midwest: FACU
- Northcentral & Northeast: FACU
Heliophily ⓘ: 4
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Erect-ascending perennial of moist to wet forests and woodlands, especially in base-rich soils.
Stems: Stems 1-several, branched, sparsely hairy.
Leaves: Leaves alternate, mostly on lower 1/2 of stem, on petioles with 2-toothed, lobed, lance to oval stipules at the base; pinnately divided into 3-9 (usually 5) toothed, oblong-oval leaflets, with a single pair of much smaller leaflets between each pair of major leaflets; terminal leaflet is largest, and all are smooth to sparsely hairy above and gland-dotted below.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Flowers spaced along an elongated, stalked-glandular, terminal spike (there may be 1 or 2 shorter racemes in upper leaf axils); yellow, about 1/4 in. wide, with 5 spreading petals attached to the rim of a slightly hairy, ribbed, cup-shaped structure (ovary fused with calyx), and a central tuft of about 10-15 stamens.
Fruits: Fruit a ridged, top-shaped achene bearing covered with hooked bristles and short glandular hairs.
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Height: 1-2 1/2 ft.
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description: Erect-ascending perennial of moist to wet forests and woodlands, especially in base-rich soils.
stems: Stems 1-several, branched, sparsely hairy.
leaves: Leaves alternate, mostly on lower 1/2 of stem, on petioles with 2-toothed, lobed, lance to oval stipules at the base; pinnately divided into 3-9 (usually 5) toothed, oblong-oval leaflets, with a single pair of much smaller leaflets between each pair of major leaflets; terminal leaflet is largest, and all are smooth to sparsely hairy above and gland-dotted below.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flowers spaced along an elongated, stalked-glandular, terminal spike (there may be 1 or 2 shorter racemes in upper leaf axils); yellow, about 1/4 in. wide, with 5 spreading petals attached to the rim of a slightly hairy, ribbed, cup-shaped structure (ovary fused with calyx), and a central tuft of about 10-15 stamens.
fruits: Fruit a ridged, top-shaped achene bearing covered with hooked bristles and short glandular hairs.
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