Scientific Family
Rosaceae
Synonyms
Agrimonia brittoniana
Other common names
woodland grooveburr
Britton's agrimony
Plant type
Forbs and Subshrubs
Origin
Native
Lifecycle
Perennial
Height
1-1/2 to 3-1/4 feet
Riparian
Yes
Small yellow petals on flowers in an elongated, unbranched stem. The leaves are compound with sharp teeth pointing forward, oval to elliptical; leaflets are short, sharp-pointed and strongly veined.
Perennial with leafy stems that have long stiff spreading hairs and are somewhat glandular. Leaves of 7 to 13 leaflets, somewhat bristly and rough above and soft hairs beneath. Sepals are short and pointed.
Habitat
Found in moist soils, often in thick woods.
Plant Community
Riparian
Montane Conifer Forest
Low elevation
5500
High elevation
8500
Flower Characteristics
5-petaled, petals 3/16 inch long, flowers densely crowded on a spike-like cluster blooming from bottom upward. The outer rim of the flower head is lined with tiny hooked bristles.
Flower color
Yellow
Flower shape
Regular
Tubular
No
First bloom month
July
Last bloom month
September
Flower clusters
Elongated
Leaf and Stem Characteristics
Leaves dark green above, light green beneath, gland dotted, hairy, odd-pinnately compound, to 8 inches long; mixture of 7 to 13 large and small leaflets, elliptic to oval, 3/16 to 4-3/4 inches long, margins with coarse teeth, sparsely hairy.
Leaf type
Compound
Leaf color
Dark green, light green
Leaf shape
Pinnatifid
Leaf margin
Toothed
Leaves clasp
No
Leaf hairs
Leaves & stems
Spines
No
Fruit and Seed Characteristics
Achene, usually 1 to 2 per flower.
Fruit type
Achene