Agrimonia striata | |
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Inflorescence A. striata | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Rosales |
Family: | Rosaceae |
Genus: | Agrimonia |
Species: | A. striata
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Binomial name | |
Agrimonia striata |
Agrimonia striata (roadside agrimony, grooved agrimony, [1] agrimony, cocklebur, woodland agrimony, [2] woodland grooveburr [3]) is a species of perennial forb belonging to the rose family ( Rosaceae). It grows to about 40 inches (1m) producing a dense cluster ( raceme) of 5-parted yellow flowers on a hairy stalk above pinnately-divided leaves. [1] It is native to the United States, Canada, and Saint Pierre and Miquelon. [4] It is susceptible to downy mildew caused by the oomycete species Peronospora agrimoniae. [5]
The species name striata means "striped". [1]