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Forb
Perennial

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Common in NC Mountains, rare elsewhere

Look for it in mesic forests, thickets, marshes, bogs, wet meadows, wet forests, especially in base-rich substrates, per Weakley's Flora

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...Wet ...Moist

LEAVES:
Odd-pinnately compound: 5-9(11) major leaflets
Alternate

FLOWER:
Summer
Yellow
Radially symmetrical
5 united sepals
5 petals
15 stamens (usually)

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Nutlet

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

• Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p236
• Southern Appalachian Wildflowers p108
• Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p069

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Agrimonia gryposepala   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Agrimonia gryposepala   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 097-09-003:
Agrimonia gryposepala   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Agrimonia gryposepala

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Agrimonia gryposepala