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Agrimonia eupatoria
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Agrimonia eupatoria is a species of agrimony that is often referred to as common agrimony, church steeples or sticklewort.
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Common agrimony | |
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Agrimonia eupatoria | |
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Rosales |
Family: | Rosaceae |
Genus: | Agrimonia |
Species: | A. eupatoria |
Binomial name | |
Agrimonia eupatoria | |
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The whole plant is dark green with numerous soft hairs. The soft hairs aid in the plant's seed pods sticking to any animal or person coming in contact with the plant. The flower spikes have a spicy odor like apricots. In the language of flowers, agrimony means thankfulness or gratitude.[1]
A. eupatoria is a foodplant for the caterpillars of the snout moth Endotricha flammealis.