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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (5/21/15):
Agrimonia parviflora
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Southern Agrimony at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Agrimonia parviflora
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 (5/21/15):
Agrimonia parviflora
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Agrimonia parviflora
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Habitat: marshes, bottomland forests, wet pastures, per Weakley's Flora
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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 p236
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p264
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p112
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p115
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p069