Rosaceae FAMILY

Agrimonia pilosa

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

3/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Agrimonia pilosa is a herbaceous, perennial plant producing one or more, erect, branched stems 30 - 120cm tall from a short, usually tuberous rootstock[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and a food.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate; tropical

Native RangeEurope - Finland, Russia, Ukraine, Romania, east through Russian Asia to China, Japan, Korea, Indian subcontinent, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam

HabitatMeadows and roadsides in lowland and mountains all over Japan[ 58 Title Flora of Japan. (English translation) Publication Author Ohwi. G. Publisher Smithsonian Institution Year 1965 ISBN - Description The standard work. Brilliant, but not for the casual reader. ]. Forest undergrowth and shady places by the sides of roads at elevations of 1,000 - 3,000 metres in Nepal[ 272 Title Plants and People of Nepal Publication Author Manandhar. N. P. Publisher Timber Press. Oregon. Year 2002 ISBN 0-88192-527-6 Description Excellent book, covering over 1,500 species of useful plants from Nepal together with information on the geography and peoples of Nepal. Good descriptions of the plants with terse notes on their uses. ].