Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Agrimonia microcarpa
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Low Agrimony at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Agrimonia microcarpa
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Agrimonia microcarpa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Agrimonia microcarpa
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-09-005b:
Agrimonia pubescens var. microcarpa FAMILY Rosaceae
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Agrimonia microcarpa
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Agrimonia platycarpa
COMMON NAME:
Low Agrimony, Small-fruited Agrimony
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_agpu6_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm120727_900
July Spartanburg County SC
Flowers of Agrimonia species are mostly 1/4" or less in diameter, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm120727_902
July Spartanburg County SC
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JK Marlow jkm120727_925
July Spartanburg County SC
Hypanthium ridges usually without eglandular hairs (rarely with), per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm211106_4771
November Pickens County SC
Palmetto Trail
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JK Marlow jkm211106_4772
November Pickens County SC
Palmetto Trail
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JK Marlow jkm211106_4774
November Pickens County SC
Palmetto Trail
Stipules deeply incised, half ovate; hirsute hairs of the stem 3mm or longer, per Weakley's Flora.
COMPARE
pinnately compound leaves of forbs
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Agrimonia microcarpa
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Agrimonia microcarpa
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Agrimonia microcarpa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Agrimonia microcarpa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-09-005b:
Agrimonia pubescens var. microcarpa
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Agrimonia microcarpa
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Agrimonia platycarpa
3172
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Dry to moist forests and woodlands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon (rare in NC Mountains)
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LEAVES:
Odd-pinnately compound: 3-7 major leaflets
Alternate
Stipules are prominent.
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Yellow
Radially symmetrical
5 united sepals
5 petals
10 stamens (approximately)
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Nutlet
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p201
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p069?