About 15 species; see text Image File history File links File links The following pages link to this file: Agrimony ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Divisions Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Hepatophyta - liverworts Anthocerophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants Adiantum pedatum (a fern... Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants (also angiosperms or Magnoliophyta) are one of the major groups of modern plants, comprising those that produce seeds in specialized reproductive organs called flowers, where the ovulary or carpel is enclosed. ... Orders see text Dicotyledons or dicots are flowering plants whose seed contains two embryonic leaves or cotyledons. ... Families Rosaceae (rose family) Elaeagnaceae Rhamnaceae (buckthorn family) Ulmaceae (elm family) Celtidaceae Moraceae (mulberry family) Urticaceae (nettle family) Cecropiaceae Cannabaceae (hemp family) Barbeyaceae Dirachmaceae Rosales is an order of flowering plants, including the rose family, Rosaceae. ... Subfamilies Rosoideae Spiraeoideae Maloideae Amygdaloideae or Prunoideae The Rosaceae or rose family is a large family of plants, with about 3,000-4,000 species in 100-120 genera. ... Genera Aphanes Dryas - mountain avens Filipendula Fragaria - strawberry Geum - avens Kerria Potentilla - cinquefoil Rhodotypos Rosa - rose Rubus - bramble fruit Waldsteinia The rose subfamily Rosoideae includes many shrubs and perennial herbs. ...
Agrimony (Agrimonia) is a genus of 12-15 species of perennial herbaceous flowering plants in the family Rosaceae, native to the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, with one species also in Africa. The species grow to between 0.5-2 m tall, with pinnate leaves, and yellow flowers borne on a single (usually unbranched) spike. A Red Valerian, a perennial plant. ... This article is about the plants used in cooking and medicine. ... Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants (also angiosperms or Magnoliophyta) are one of the major groups of modern plants, comprising those that produce seeds in specialized reproductive organs called flowers, where the ovulary or carpel is enclosed. ... Subfamilies Rosoideae Spiraeoideae Maloideae Amygdaloideae or Prunoideae The Rosaceae or rose family is a large family of plants, with about 3,000-4,000 species in 100-120 genera. ... The Northern Hemisphere is the half of a planets surface (or celestial sphere) that is north of the equator (the word hemisphere literally means half ball). On Earth, the Northern Hemisphere contains most of the land and population. ... Africa is the worlds second-largest continent and second most populous after Asia. ... In botany, a leaf is an above-ground plant organ specialized for photosynthesis. ... Wildflowers A flower is the reproductive organ of those plants classified as angiosperms (flowering plants; Division Magnoliophyta). ...
Species
Agrimonia eupatoria - Common Agrimony (Europe, Asia, Africa)
Agrimonia gryposepala - Tall Hairy Agrimony (North America)
Agrimonia incisa - Incised Agrimony (North America)
Agrimonia koreana - Korean Agrimony (eastern Asia)
Agrimonia microcarpa - Smallfruit Agrimony (North America)
Agrimonia nipponica - Japanese Agrimony (eastern Asia)
Agrimonia parviflora - Harvestlice Agrimony (North America)
Agrimonia pubescens - Soft Agrimony (North America)
Agrimonia repens - Short Agrimony (southwest Asia)
Agrimonia rostellata - Beaked Agrimony (North America)
Agrimonia striata - Roadside Agrimony (North America)
Historically, the plants were thought to have medicinal value. Dioscorides’ Materia Medica, c. ...
In wicca (witchcraft) it is used to help create a deep, undisturbed sleep, slip dried leaves inside the sleeper's pillow and they will experience this sleeping (make sure it is not used the eve before an early morning as this mostly undisturbable sleep - best used when someone is ill and are to be bed-ridden for X amount of days) The term witchcraft (and witch) is a controversial one with a complicated history. ...
Agrimony (Agrimonia) is a genus of 12-15 species of perennialherbaceousflowering plants in the family Rosaceae, native to the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, with one species also in Africa.
The species grow to between 0.5-2 m tall, with pinnate leaves, and yellow flowers borne on a single (usually unbranched) spike.
Historically, the plants were thought to have medicinal value.
A mild astringent, agrimony may be ingested, used as a throat and mouth gargle, or as a poultice.
Agrimony has a long history of use and was at one time prescribed for a variety of aliments and conditions, however there is not enough scientific evidence to support many of these claims.
Animal studies demonstrate the presence of antihyperglycaemic, insulin-releasing and insulin-like activity in Agrimony eupatoria; the ability of agrimony extract to enhance insulin secretion was dependent on the use of heat during extract preparation.
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