Agrimonia eupatoriaL. Common Agrimony

Agrimonia eupatoriaL. - Common Agrimony

Scientific Description:

Erect perennial 20−120 cm; basal leaves often in a rosette. Leaves pinnate, 8−25 cm; leaflets 4−13-paired, serrate-crenate, glandular below, unequal, larger pairs 2−10 cm, alternating with smaller pairs, 1 cm or less. Inflorescence a lax, many-flowered, spike-like raceme, 10−35 cm; pedicels 1−3(−4) mm. Flowers erect. Sepals ovate, 3-nerved, 1.5−2 mm, glandular. Petals yellow, 3−6 mm. Mature hypanthium obconical to turbinate, 7−10 × 5−8 mm, basal part hairy and deeply grooved. Inner bristles erect, the outer ascending, patent or slightly deflexed.

 

Flowering time: May−September.

Habitat: Damp meadows, by streams, s.l.−2300 m.

 

Reference:
Chamberlain DF & Peşmen H (1972). Agrimonia eupatoria L., In: Davis PH (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, Edinburgh University Press, Edinurgh, 4: 74.

Public Description:

Agrimonia eupatoria, commonly known as “common agrimony” or “church steeples”, is native to Europe, Asia, and Africa. It is a perennail herb with yellow flowers, and grows up to 120 cm in length. It blooms between May and September and is found in damp meadows and by streams. It has antibacterial, antioxidant, antiviral and wound healing effects which are great promise for development of new drugs to treat human diseases.

 

References:

Anonymous 1 (2016). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agrimonia_eupatoria /,Accessed date: 22.05.2016.

Anonymous 2 (2016). http://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Agrimonia+eupatoria/ ,Accessed date: 22.05.2016.

Al-Snafi AE (2015). The Pharmacologıcal And Therapeutıc Importance Of Agrımonıa Eupatorıa- A Revıew. 5: 2:112-117.

Aslan S (2012). Agrimonia L., In: Güner, A., Aslan, S., Ekim, T., Vural, M. & Babaç, M.T. (eds.), Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi (Damarlı Bitkiler). Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını. İstanbul, pp. 790.