Rosaceae FAMILY

Agrimonia eupatoria

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

3/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Agrimonia eupatoria is a herbaceous, perennial plant producing one or more usually unbranched stems 30 - 100cm tall from a rather thick, rhizomatous rootstock[ 74 Title Flora of the USSR. Publication Author Komarov. V. L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Israel Program for Scientific Translation Year 1968 ISBN - Description An immense (25 or more large volumes) and not yet completed translation of the Russian flora. Full of information on plant uses and habitats but heavy going for casual readers. It can be downloaded from the Internet. , 200 Title The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. Publication Author Huxley. A. Publisher MacMillan Press Year 1992 ISBN 0-333-47494-5 Description Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed. ]. Agrimony has a long history of medicinal use and is still a popular herbal remedy, both harvested from the wild and also cultivated on a small scale. The plant is also used to make a tea and is the source of a dye. It is sometimes grown in the herb garden and the wild garden.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeMost of Europe, including Britain; Mediterranean, east through Asia to western Siberia, northern China, Afghanistan

HabitatFields, stone walls, waste ground and roadside verges[ 7 Title Encyclopaedia of Medicinal Plants. Publication Author Chiej. R. Publisher MacDonald Year 1984 ISBN 0-356-10541-5 Description Covers plants growing in Europe. Also gives other interesting information on the plants. Good photographs. , 17 Title Flora of the British Isles. Publication Author Clapham, Tutin and Warburg. Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1962 ISBN - Description A very comprehensive flora, the standard reference book but it has no pictures. ], usually on alkaline soils[ 200 Title The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. Publication Author Huxley. A. Publisher MacMillan Press Year 1992 ISBN 0-333-47494-5 Description Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed. ], preferring sunny positions[ 165 Title The Dictionary of Modern Herbalism. Publication Author Mills. S. Y. Publisher Year ISBN Description An excellent small herbal. ]. Thinned -out forests, forest edges, meadows, pastures, roadsides, edges of fields, alongside fences[ 74 Title Flora of the USSR. Publication Author Komarov. V. L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Israel Program for Scientific Translation Year 1968 ISBN - Description An immense (25 or more large volumes) and not yet completed translation of the Russian flora. Full of information on plant uses and habitats but heavy going for casual readers. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].