Family: Rosaceae
Herbaceous perennial. Native to temperate Northern hemisphere.
Curious seeds are a syncarp (an aggregate fruit) with numerous hooked bristles.
The tea of aerial flowering portions is astringent. Stops diarrhea.
Agrimony tea soothes inflammation of the urinary tract. Cultivation:
Easy, but a little slow to germ. Sow in greenhouse in fall or early
spring. Transplant out at 2 foot spacing. Flowers to 3 feet
tall.
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