Agrimonia microcarpa

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Agrimonia microcarpa
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Agrimonia
Species: A. microcarpa
Binomial name
Agrimonia microcarpa
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Natural range of Agrimonia microcarpa from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Description

Distribution

Occur within the mid to southeastern coastal region of the United States – and some adjacent areas.[1]

Ecology

Agrimonia microcarpa has been recognized as a distinct species or as a variety of Agrimonia pubescens.[2] Both taxa share the same types of distribution of hairs, have flowers alternate on the inflorescence rachis and tuberous roots.[1]

Habitat

Found frequently in mesic sites of open deciduous and mixed woods to 600 meters in elevation.[1] Found in Southern mixed hardwood forests and dry to moist woodlands. [3]

Phenology

Flowering from late July to September.[1]

Seed dispersal

Seed bank and germination

Fire ecology

Pollination

Use by animals

Diseases and parasites

Conservation and Management

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

References and notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Sorensen, G. J. K. a. P. D. (2008). "A revision of Agrimonia (Rosaceae) in North and Central America." Brittonia: 11-33.
  2. Ahles 1964, more citation needed.
  3. Nelson 2006 – Atlantic Coastal Plain Widlflowers: A Field Guide to the Wildflower of the Coastal Regions of Viriginia, North Carolina, South Georgia, and Northeastern Florida. Guilford, CT: FalconGuide, 2006. 201. Print.