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n., pl., -nies.
  1. Any of various perennial herbaceous plants of the genus Agrimonia, having pinnately compound leaves and spikelike clusters of small yellow flowers.
  2. Any of several similar or related plants, such as the hemp agrimony.

[Middle English, from Old French aigremoine, from Latin agrimōnia (influenced by Old French aigre, sour), alteration of argemōnia, from Greek argemōnē, poppy, possibly from argos, white.]


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Britannica Concise Encyclopedia: agrimony
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Any plant of the genus Agrimonia, of the rose family, especially A. eupatoria. This species is a herbaceous, hardy perennial native to Europe but widespread in other northern temperate regions, where it grows in hedge banks and the borders of fields. Its leaves yield a yellow dye. The leaflets are oval with toothed margins; the small, stalkless yellow flowers are borne in a long terminal spike. The fruit is a tiny burr. A. gryposepala, a similar species, is widespread in the U.S.

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agrimony (ăg'rĭmō'nē), any plant of the genus Agrimonia, perennials of the family Rosaceae (rose family) native to north temperate zones, to Brazil, and to Africa. They are found wild in the N and central United States. Agrimony is sometimes cultivated in herb gardens for its small yellow flowers and aromatic leaves, used for an astringent tea. A compound derived from agrimony, agrimophol, is used as an anthelmintic. Agrimony is classified in the division Magnoliophyta, class Magnoliopsida, order Rosales, family Rosaceae.

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Agrimony
Agrimonia eupatoria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Subfamily: Rosoideae
Tribe: Sanguisorbeae
Subtribe: Agrimoniinae
Genus: Agrimonia
Tourn. ex L.
Species

About 15 species; see text

Agrimony (Agrimonia) is a genus of 12-15 species of perennial herbaceous flowering plants in the family Rosaceae, native to the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, with one species also in Africa. The species grow to between 0.5-2 m tall, with interrupted pinnate leaves, and yellow flowers borne on a single (usually unbranched) spike.

Agrimonia species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Grizzled Skipper (recorded on A. eupatoria) and Large Grizzled Skipper.

Species
  • Agrimonia eupatoria - Common Agrimony (Europe, Asia, Africa)
  • Agrimonia gryposepala - Tall Hairy Agrimony (North America)
  • Agrimonia incisa - Incised Agrimony (North America)
  • Agrimonia coreana - Korean Agrimony (eastern Asia)
  • Agrimonia microcarpa - Smallfruit Agrimony (North America)
  • Agrimonia nipponica - Japanese Agrimony (eastern Asia)
  • Agrimonia parviflora - Harvestlice Agrimony (North America)
  • Agrimonia pilosa - Hairy Agrimony (eastern Europe, Asia)
  • Agrimonia procera - Fragrant Agrimony (Europe)
  • Agrimonia pubescens - Soft Agrimony (North America)
  • Agrimonia repens - Short Agrimony (southwest Asia)
  • Agrimonia rostellata - Beaked Agrimony (North America)
  • Agrimonia striata - Roadside Agrimony (North America)

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Medicinal value

Historically, the plants were thought to have medicinal value. Thus in floriography, Agrimony flowers take on a meaning of thankfulness.

Bald's Leechbook cites Agrimony as a cure for male impotence - when boiled in milk, it could excite a man who was "insufficiently virile;" when boiled in Welsh beer it would have the opposite effect.[1]

See also

  • Aremonia (Bastard-agrimony, a related genus)

References

  1. ^ Robert Lacey and Danny Danziger August:The Year 1000: What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium Little, Brown, 2000 ISBN 0316511579
  • Eriksson, Torsten; Malin S. Hibbs, Anne D. Yoder, Charles F. Delwiche, Michael J. Donoghue (2003). The Phylogeny of Rosoideae (Rosaceae) Based on Sequences of the Internal Transcribed Spacers (ITS) of Nuclear Ribosomal DNA and the TRNL/F Region of Chloroplast DNA. International Journal of Plant Science 164(2):197–211. 2003. (PDF version)

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