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Agrimonia pilosa Ledeb.

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Rosaceae > Agrimonia

Characteristics

A herb. It grows 60-100 cm high. It keeps growing from year to year. The leaves are divided into leaflets along the stalk. The leaflets are narrowly oval and have teeth along the edge. They are hairy on both surfaces. The flowers are yellow and in groups at the ends of the branches. The fruit is enclosed in a hard, bristly covering.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.6
Root system rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) 0.3
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a temperate climate plant. It grows naturally in the lowlands and mountains all over Japan. It does best on calcareous soils and in a sunny position. In Nepal it grows between 1,000-3,000 m altitude. In China it grows between 100-3,800 m above sea level. It grows in open forests and on mountain sides. In Sichuan and Yunnan.
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Meadows and roadsides in lowland and mountains all over Japan. Forest undergrowth and shady places by the sides of roads at elevations of 1,000-3,000 metres in Nepal.
Meadows and roadsides in lowland and mountains all over Japan. Forest undergrowth and shady places by the sides of roads at elevations of 1,000-3,000 metres in Nepal.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 1-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

Usage

The young leaves are eaten cooked. The leaves are bitter and are eaten after boiling. The seeds are dried and ground into a meal and mixed with noodles. CAUTION: It should probably only be eaten in small amounts.
Uses brewing medicinal
Edible leaves seeds
Therapeutic use Anthelmintics (leaf), Astringents (leaf), Cough (leaf), Diuretics (leaf), General tonic for rejuvenation (leaf), Cough (root), Abdomen (unspecified), Headache (unspecified), Dysentery (unspecified), Heatstroke (unspecified), Hemostat (unspecified), Sore(Throat) (unspecified), Antidiarrheic (unspecified), Cancer (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Exhaustion (unspecified), Hematochezia (unspecified), Hematemesis (unspecified), Anti-bacterial agents (unspecified), Cardiovascular system (unspecified), Colic (unspecified), Diarrhea (unspecified), Eczema (unspecified), Psoriasis (unspecified), Urologic diseases (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Fresh seed usually germinates in 2-6 weeks at 13°C. Seeds can be sown in a nursery then transplanted out. Plants can also be grown by division of the clump. Plants are harvested as they come into flower and can be dried for later use in medicine.
Mode divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Agrimonia pilosa leaf picture by Юрий Басов (cc-by-sa)
Agrimonia pilosa leaf picture by Kenneth Parker (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Agrimonia pilosa flower picture by Kenneth Parker (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Agrimonia pilosa world distribution map, present in Belarus, China, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, India, Japan, Kazakhstan, Liberia, Lithuania, Latvia, Moldova (Republic of), Mongolia, Poland, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), Romania, Slovakia, Ukraine, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:720300-1
WFO ID wfo-0001017393
COL ID B7HJ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Agrimonia zeylandica Agrimonia suffrutescens Agrimonia dahurica Agrimonia conopsea Agrimonia japonica Agrimonia obtusifolia Agrimonia davurica Agrimonia lanata Agrimonia convergens Agrimonia glabrata Agrimonia viscidula Agrimonia viscidula Agrimonia pilosa Agrimonia pilosa f. dahurica Agrimonia viscidula f. borealis Agrimonia pilosa f. borealis Agrimonia pilosa f. bracteata Agrimonia godetiana Agrimonia pilosa f. davurica Agrimonia nepalensis var. obovata Agrimonia suffrutescens var. rotundata Agrimonia eupatoria var. japonica Agrimonia eupatoria var. nepalensis Agrimonia pilosa subsp. japonica Agrimonia pilosa var. pilosa Agrimonia pilosa var. viscidula Agrimonia viscidula var. japonica Agrimonia eupatoria var. daurica Agrimonia eupatoria var. daurica Agrimonia eupatoria var. davurica Agrimonia pilosa var. setulosa Agrimonia eupatoria var. dahurica Agrimonia striata subsp. pilosa Agrimonia eupatoria subsp. davurica Agrimonia eupatoria var. pilosa Agrimonia pilosa var. japonica Agrimonia pilosa f. nepalensis Agrimonia pilosa subsp. dahurica

Lower taxons

Agrimonia pilosa var. nepalensis
WorldFloraDB 2024