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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Agrimonia parviflora
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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Read more about Southern Agrimony at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Agrimonia parviflora
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Agrimonia parviflora
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)
Agrimonia parviflora
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-09-002:
Agrimonia parviflora FAMILY Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Agrimonia parviflora
COMMON NAME:
Southern Agrimony, Small-flowered Agrimony, Harvestlice
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_agpa6_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_agpa6_004_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm210513_0227
May Oconee County SC
Boone's Creek Preserve
Eleven or more principal leaflets (other Agrimonia species have fewer), per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
COMPARE
pinnately compound leaves of forbs
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JK Marlow jkm210513_0260
May Oconee County SC
Boone's Creek Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm0408e_09
August Greenville County SC
Bunched Arrowhead Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm0408e_20
August Greenville County SC
Bunched Arrowhead Heritage Preserve
Stem is densely hairy, per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977).
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JK Marlow jkm0408f_24
August Greenville County SC
Bunched Arrowhead Heritage Preserve
Flowers mostly sub-opposite along inflorescence axis, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm060805_036
August Haywood County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm060805_038
August Haywood County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Major leaflets lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm190802_0546
August Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm190802_0547
August Greenville County SC
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Keith Bradley kab_a_parviflora_2800
August Graham County NC
Nantahala National Forest
Small yellow flowers disposed along slender wand-like racemes, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm111029_084
October Greenville County SC
Hypanthium with several rows of hooked bristles encloses the single nutlet, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm211012_4211
October Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
Hypanthium turbinate, ribbed, 1.5-2mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm211012_4213
October Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm0511d_16
November Jackson County NC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Agrimonia parviflora
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Agrimonia parviflora
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Agrimonia parviflora
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Agrimonia parviflora
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-09-002:
Agrimonia parviflora
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Agrimonia parviflora
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Forb
Perennial
Habitat: marshes, bottomland forests, wet pastures, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Carolina Mountains & Carolina Piedmont, uncommon in GA Mountains & GA Piedmont (rare in Coastal Plain)
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LEAVES:
Odd-pinnately compound: 11-19 major leaflets
Alternate
Stipules are prominent.
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Yellow
Radially symmetrical
5 united sepals
5 petals
5-7 stamens
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Nutlet
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p236
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p264
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p112
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p310
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p115
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p069
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