Agrimonia incisa |
Agrimonia rostellata |
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incised agrimony, incised groovebur |
beak agrimony, woodland agrimony, woodland groovebur |
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Habit | Herbs, 3–11 dm. | Herbs, 4–10 dm. |
Roots | tubers fusiform, thickened. |
tubers fusiform. |
Stems | with glistening sessile-glandular hairs and ± matted-pubescent to villous and hirsute (hairs scattered, erect, stiff, 2–3 mm). |
with glistening stipitate-glandular hairs and hirsute (hairs stiff, sparse to scattered, erect, 1–2 mm). |
Leaves | mid cauline stipules ± falcate, margins dentate; major leaflets 3–15 (mid cauline 9), minor 1–3 pairs; major leaflet blades ± obovate, terminal largest, largest of these 2.3–4.1 × 1–1.7 cm, margins incised, apex obtuse to acute, abaxial surfaces glistening with sessile-glandular hairs and pubescent to villous and sparsely hirsute (hairs stiff, 2 mm). |
mid cauline stipules ± falcate to ± 1/2-ovate, margins often deeply incised; major leaflets 3–11 (mid cauline 5–7), minor 0–1(–2) pairs; major leaflet blades obovate to broadly elliptic to elliptic, terminal largest, largest of these 3.4–10.5 × 1.7–5.6 cm, margins serrate, apex acute to obtuse, abaxial surface glistening with sessile-glandular hairs (often shining) and hirsute (hairs sparse to scattered, 1 mm). |
Inflorescences | axes often with glistening sessile-glandular hairs and pubescent to villous and hirsute (hairs stiff, erect, 2 mm). |
axes glistening with sessile-glandular hairs and ± ascending-hirsute (hairs stiff, sparse to scattered, 0.5–1 mm). |
Flowers | usually ± alternate. |
± alternate. |
Fruiting | hypanthia hemispheric to turbinate, 1.5–2.7 × 1.8–3.3 mm, obscurely sulcate, hooked bristles in 3–4 circumferential rows, proximal row spreading 45–90°, glistening with sessile-glandular hairs (often yellow). |
hypanthia hemispheric, 1–3.1 × 1.8–3.9 mm, obscurely sulcate, hooked bristles in 2–3 circumferential rows, proximal row spreading to ± 90°, usually glistening with sessile-glandular hairs. |
Agrimonia incisa |
Agrimonia rostellata |
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Phenology | Flowering late Jul–Nov. | Flowering Jul–mid Sep. |
Habitat | Dry to moist, longleaf pine-oak woods, oak-hickory slopes, roadsides, sand or shell maritime thickets | Edges, open spaces, and thickets, deciduous or mixed deciduous woods |
Elevation | 0–200 m (0–700 ft) | 0–1100 m (0–3600 ft) |
Distribution |
AL; FL; GA; LA; MO; MS; SC; TX
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AL; AR; CT; DC; DE; FL; GA; IL; IN; KS; KY; LA; MD; MI; MO; MS; NC; NJ; NY; OH; OK; PA; SC; TN; TX; VA; WI; WV
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Discussion | Populations of Agrimonia incisa are infrequent and usually widely scattered within the limited range (15–20 currently known). The plants are sometimes abundant where they occur. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 9, p. 314. | FNA vol. 9, p. 316. |
Parent taxa | Rosaceae > subfam. Rosoideae > tribe Agrimonieae > Agrimonia | Rosaceae > subfam. Rosoideae > tribe Agrimonieae > Agrimonia |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Eupatorium rostellatum | |
Name authority | Torrey & A. Gray: Fl. N. Amer., 430. (1840) | Wallroth: Beitr. Bot. 1: 42. (1842) |
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