# Agrimonia > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Agrimonia > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Agrimonia.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agrimonia > Source revision: 1348759959 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Genus of flowering plants in the rose family}} {{for|the Swedish band|Agrimonia (band)}} {{Distinguish|Argemone}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Agrimonia eupatoria - Keila.jpg |image_caption = ''Agrimonia eupatoria'' |display_parents = 3 |taxon = Agrimonia |authority = [Tourn.](/source/Joseph_Pitton_de_Tournefort) ex [L.](/source/Carl_Linnaeus) |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = About 15 species; see text }} '''''Agrimonia''''' (from the Greek {{lang|grc|ἀργεμώνη}}),{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Agrimony|volume=1|page=424}} commonly known as '''agrimony''', is a genus of 12–15 species of [perennial](/source/perennial_plant) [herbaceous](/source/herbaceous) [flowering plant](/source/flowering_plant)s in the family [Rosaceae](/source/Rosaceae), native to the temperate regions of the [Northern Hemisphere](/source/Northern_Hemisphere), with one species also in [Africa](/source/Africa). The species grow to between {{convert|0.5–2|m|ft|abbr=on}} tall, with interrupted [pinnate](/source/pinnate) [leaves](/source/leaf), and tiny yellow [flower](/source/flower)s borne on a single (usually unbranched) [spike](/source/Inflorescence). ''Agrimonia'' species are used as food plants by the [larva](/source/larva)e of some [Lepidoptera](/source/Lepidoptera) species including [grizzled skipper](/source/grizzled_skipper) (recorded on ''A. eupatoria'') and [large grizzled skipper](/source/large_grizzled_skipper). ==Species== *''[Agrimonia eupatoria](/source/Agrimonia_eupatoria)'' – Common agrimony (Europe, Asia, Africa) *''[Agrimonia gryposepala](/source/Agrimonia_gryposepala)'' – Common agrimony, tall hairy agrimony (North America) *''[Agrimonia incisa](/source/Agrimonia_incisa)'' – Incised agrimony (North America) *''[Agrimonia coreana](/source/Agrimonia_coreana)'' – Korean agrimony (eastern Asia) *''[Agrimonia microcarpa](/source/Agrimonia_microcarpa)'' – Smallfruit agrimony (North America) *''[Agrimonia nipponica](/source/Agrimonia_nipponica)'' – Japanese agrimony (eastern Asia) *''[Agrimonia parviflora](/source/Agrimonia_parviflora)'' – Harvestlice agrimony (North America) *''[Agrimonia pilosa](/source/Agrimonia_pilosa)'' – Hairy agrimony (eastern Europe, Asia) *''[Agrimonia procera](/source/Agrimonia_procera)'' – Fragrant agrimony (Europe) *''[Agrimonia pubescens](/source/Agrimonia_pubescens)'' – Soft or downy agrimony (North America) *''[Agrimonia repens](/source/Agrimonia_repens)'' – Short agrimony (southwest Asia) *''[Agrimonia rostellata](/source/Agrimonia_rostellata)'' – Beaked agrimony (North America) *''[Agrimonia striata](/source/Agrimonia_striata)'' – Roadside agrimony (North America) ==Uses== In ancient times, it was used for foot baths and tired feet.{{cite book|title=Compassionate Herbs|publisher=Faber and Faber Limited|url=https://archive.org/stream/compassionateher033486mbp#page/n7/mode/2up|author=C. F. Leyel|year=1946 }} Agrimony has a long history of medicinal use. The English poet [Michael Drayton](/source/Michael_Drayton) once hailed it as an "all-heal" and through the ages it was considered a [panacea](/source/panacea).{{citation needed|date=November 2012}} The ancient Greeks used agrimony to treat eye ailments, and it was made into brews for diarrhea and disorders of the gallbladder, liver, and kidneys.Galen (Κλαύδιος Γαληνός), ''De methodo medendi'' 13.920K. {{doi|10.4159/DLCL.galen-method_medicine.2011}}. The Anglo-Saxons boiled agrimony in milk and used it to improve erectile performance.Lacey, R. and Danziger, D. (1999) ''In The Year 1000'' London: Little, Brown & Co, p. 126 They also made a solution from the leaves and seeds for healing wounds; this use continued through the [Middle Ages](/source/Middle_Ages) and afterward, in a preparation called ''eau d'arquebusade'', or "musket-shot water".{{cite book |last1=Grieve |first1=Margaret |title=A Modern Herbal |date=1931 |publisher=Hafner Pub |pages=Agrimony |edition=Hypertext version |url=https://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/a/agrim015.html |access-date=14 December 2021}} It has been added to tea as a spring tonic. According to the [German Federal Commission E](/source/Commission_E) (Phytotherapy)-Monograph "''Agrimony''", published 1990, the internal application area is "mild, nonspecific, acute diarrhea" and "inflammation of oral and pharyngeal mucosa" and the external application "mild, superficial inflammation of the skin".German Federal Commission E Monographs (Phytotherapy): [https://www.heilpflanzen-welt.de/commission-e-0001/ Monograph ''Agrimony'' (''Agrimoniae herba'')]. Bundesanzeiger. March 13, 1990. – ''www.heilpflanzen-welt.de''. ==Folklore== Traditional British folklore states that if a sprig of ''[Agrimonia eupatoria](/source/Agrimonia_eupatoria)'' was placed under a person's head, they would sleep until it was removed.''Encyclopedia of Folk Medicine: Old World and New World Traditions'' by Gabrielle Hatfield, p.310 ==See also== * ''[Aremonia agrimonoides](/source/Aremonia_agrimonoides)'' (Bastard-agrimony, of the related genus ''[Aremonia](/source/Aremonia)'') * ''[Eupatorium cannabinum](/source/Eupatorium_cannabinum)'' (Hemp-agrimony) ==References== {{Reflist}} *{{cite journal |last1=Eriksson |first1=Torsten |first2=Malin S. |last2=Hibbs |first3=Anne D. |last3=Yoder |first4=Charles F. |last4=Delwiche |first5=Michael J. |last5=Donoghue |title=The Phylogeny of Rosoideae (Rosaceae) Based on Sequences of the Internal Transcribed Spacers (ITS) of Nuclear Ribosomal DNA and the TRNL/F Region of Chloroplast DNA |journal=International Journal of Plant Sciences |volume=164 |issue=2 |pages=197–211 |year=2003 |doi=10.1086/346163 |bibcode=2003IJPlS.164..197E |s2cid=22378156 }} ==External links== {{Commons}} {{Wikibooks|Horticulture|Agrimonia}} * [https://bie.ala.org.au/species/http://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2891678 ''Agrimonia'' L.]—''[Atlas of Living Australia](/source/Atlas_of_Living_Australia)'' * [https://web.archive.org/web/20220929155429/https://herbforum.org/threads/agrimony-agrimonia-eupatoria-pilosa-grysopetela-and-other-species.324/ "Agrimony (Agrimonia eupatoria, pilosa, grysopetela and other species)"]—Herb Forum {{Taxonbar|from=Q264427}} Category:Agrimonia Category:Agrimoniinae Category:Medicinal plants Category:Rosaceae genera Category:Taxa named by Joseph Pitton de Tournefort --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Agrimonia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agrimonia) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agrimonia?action=history)). 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