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Photographer: Paul Drobot
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Family Rosaceae
Agrimonia gryposepala Wallr.
common agrimony, tall hairy agrimony
Agrimonia: possibly from Greek argema, an eye-disease, because of supposed medicinal value
gryposepala: from Greek grypo, "curved, hooked," and sepala, "sepal"
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 1'-5' tall forb; stout stems with long hairs |
| Flower: | yellow, 5-parted, 1/4" wide, stalks hairy; inflorescence a spike-like, interrupted cluster (raceme) on a stalk with long, spreading hairs; blooms July-Sept. |
| Fruit: | dry seed with hooked prickles in a top-shaped cluster  |
| Leaf: | once pinnately-divided into 5-9 large leaflets with smaller ones in-between, coarsely toothed, mostly smooth above |
| Habitat: | partial sun; dry to moist; woods, forests |
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