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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Agrimonia parviflora   FAMILY Rosaceae   Go to FSUS key



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

        

image of Agrimonia parviflora, Southern Agrimony, Small-flowered Agrimony, Harvestlice

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_agpa6_004_lvd

        

image of Agrimonia parviflora, Southern Agrimony, Small-flowered Agrimony, Harvestlice

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).


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image of Agrimonia parviflora, Southern Agrimony, Small-flowered Agrimony, Harvestlice

JK Marlow    jkm210513_0260

May    Oconee County    SC

Boone's Creek Preserve

image of Agrimonia parviflora, Southern Agrimony, Small-flowered Agrimony, Harvestlice

JK Marlow    jkm0408e_09

August    Greenville County    SC

Bunched Arrowhead Heritage Preserve

image of Agrimonia parviflora, Southern Agrimony, Small-flowered Agrimony, Harvestlice

JK Marlow    jkm0408e_20

August    Greenville County    SC

Bunched Arrowhead Heritage Preserve

Stem is densely hairy, per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977).

image of Agrimonia parviflora, Southern Agrimony, Small-flowered Agrimony, Harvestlice

JK Marlow    jkm0408f_24

August    Greenville County    SC

Bunched Arrowhead Heritage Preserve

Flowers mostly sub-opposite along inflorescence axis, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Agrimonia parviflora, Southern Agrimony, Small-flowered Agrimony, Harvestlice

JK Marlow    jkm060805_036

August    Haywood County    NC

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

image of Agrimonia parviflora, Southern Agrimony, Small-flowered Agrimony, Harvestlice

JK Marlow    jkm060805_038

August    Haywood County    NC

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Major leaflets lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Agrimonia parviflora, Southern Agrimony, Small-flowered Agrimony, Harvestlice

JK Marlow    jkm190802_0546

August    Greenville County    SC

image of Agrimonia parviflora, Southern Agrimony, Small-flowered Agrimony, Harvestlice

JK Marlow    jkm190802_0547

August    Greenville County    SC

image of Agrimonia parviflora, Southern Agrimony, Small-flowered Agrimony, Harvestlice

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).

image of Agrimonia parviflora, Southern Agrimony, Small-flowered Agrimony, Harvestlice

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).

image of Agrimonia parviflora, Southern Agrimony, Small-flowered Agrimony, Harvestlice

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).

image of Agrimonia parviflora, Southern Agrimony, Small-flowered Agrimony, Harvestlice

JK Marlow    jkm211012_4213

October    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

image of Agrimonia parviflora, Southern Agrimony, Small-flowered Agrimony, Harvestlice

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

 

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