AGRIMONY

ăgˈrĭmōˌnē, any plant of the genus Agrimonia, perennials of the family Rosaceae (rose family) native to north temperate zones, to Brazil, and to Africa. They are found wild in the N and central United States. Agrimony is sometimes cultivated in herb gardens for its small yellow flowers and aromatic leaves, used for an astringent tea. A compound derived from agrimony, agrimophol, is used as an anthelmintic. Agrimony is classified in the division Magnoliophyta, class Magnoliopsida, order Rosales, family Rosaceae.

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books on: Agrimony  - 63 results

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Guide to the Vascular Flora of Illinois
Book by Robert H. Mohlenbrock; Southern Illinois University Press, 1975
Subjects: Botany--Illinois, Plants--Identification
...and Johnson cos. 23. Agrimonia L. Agrimony 1. Leaflets excluding smaller interposed...rostellata 1. A. parviflora Ait. Swamp Agrimony. July-Sept. Low ground; occasional...microcarpa Wallr. Small-fruited Agrimony. July-Aug. Dry woods, very rare...
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The Histories of Gargantua and Pantagruel
Book by François Rabelais, J. M. Cohen; Penguin Books, 1955
Subjects: Rabelais, Fran?Cois--Ca. 1490-1553?--Gargantua Et Pantagruel--English
...s lancet. Their shape is not very different from that of ash or agrimony leaves; and it is so like hemp-agrimony that many herbalists have called it cultivated hemp-agrimony, and have called hemp agrimony wild pantagruelion. The leaves...
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The Flora of the Cayuga Lake Basin, New York: Vascular Plants
Book by Karl M. Wiegand, Arthur J. Eames; Cornell University, 1926
Subjects: Botany--New York (State)--Cayuga Lake
...Eupatoria , in part, of Cayuga Fl. AGRIMONY.Dry thickets and banks, in heavy or...3. A. mollis T. G. Britton. SOFT AGRIMONY. Open alluvial woods and grassy scrubby...Eupatoria, in part, of Cayuga Fl. AGRIMONY. Dry thickets and banks, in gravel...
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A Concordance to the Poems of Ralph Waldo Emerson
Book by George Shelton Hubbell; H. W. Wilson, 1932
Subjects: Emerson, Ralph Waldo--1803-1882--Concordances
...health agrees, Woodnotes . II. 190 . Agrimony Rue, cinquefoil, gill, vervain and ag rimony, Blight . 5 . Scented fern and agrimony; Frag. Nat . II. 10 . Scented fern, and agrimony, Humble-Bee . 47 . Ague All the fierce...
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Minnesota Plant Life
Book by Conway MacMillan; 1899
Subjects: Botany--Minnesota
...shape and if the base of the cone is barbed, are those of the agrimony. The bristles do not really belong to the fruit, but arise...flower and not the central ovary or group of ovaries. The agrimony fruits, like those of the apples, pears, quinces and hawthorns...
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journal articles on: Agrimony  - 1 result

 
 
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Women and Language in the Anglo-Saxon Leechbooks [1
Journal article by R. A. Buck; Vol. 23, 2000
Subjects: Historic documents--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Medical literature--History, Medicine--Formulae, receipts, prescriptions, United Kingdom--History, 449-1066 (Anglo-Saxon period), Women--History
...digestion of beef, spider bite, and bite of a mad dog, all easily gender inclusive: If a man be too salacious, boil water agrimony in foreign ale, let him drink thereof at night fasting. If a man be too slow ad venerem, boil that ilkwort in milk, then...


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magazine articles on: Agrimony  - 4 results

 
 
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Habitats
Magazine article by Robert H. Mohlenbrock; Natural History, Vol. 119, June 2011
Subjects: Flowers & plants, Trees
...others. From early summer through the autumn, blue-stemmed goldenrod, enchanters nightshade, heart-leaved aster, soft agrimony, tall rattlesnakeroot, white avens, white turtlehead, wild bergamot, and zigzag goldenrod add color to the forest floor...
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Delight
Magazine article by Peter Davey; The Architectural Review, Vol. 209, March 2001
Subjects: Architects--Works, Brown, Lancelot--Works, Howse, Diane--Works, Landscape architecture--Services
...the meadow that is to replace it, people will be surprised to find corn cockle, vetch, devils bit scabious, selfheal, agrimony, yarrow, ox-eye daisy and quaking grass: the plants of old England, all strangely gathered within the walls. P.D.
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Herbalizing the Back Forty; Natural Medicine in Your Backyard
Magazine article; Whole Earth, Spring 2002
Subjects: Herb gardening--Personal narratives, Herb gardens--Planning, Herbs--Usage
...spider, the witch hazel. Other locally common tannin-rich plants include blackberry, raspberry, rose, ladys mantle, agrimony, meadowsweet, and strawberry (all members of the rose family), geraniums, purple loosestrife, and sumacs. ANTI-INFLAMMATORIES...
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Orchard Country: Traditional Orchards Have Been a Vital Feature of Britain's Landscape and Culture for Centuries. James Russell Finds out Why They Were Planted, and Why They're Now under Threat
Magazine article by James Russell; Geographical, Vol. 80, November 2008
Subjects: Orchards--Protection and preservation, Orchards--Statistics
...Rough Hill Orchard, located beside the River Avon in Worcestershire, and have since discovered 110 plant species, including agrimony, black knapweed, wild carrot, quaking grass, slender trefoil and the rare great dodder. ILLUSTRATION OMITTED Wildlife...


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newspaper articles on: Agrimony  - 17 results

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Gardeners, Just Stop Being So Fussy and Let the Weeds Grow Back
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), April 13, 2005
...Knautia arvensis) Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) Great mullein (Verbascum thapsus) Ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea) Hemp agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum) Knapweed (Centaurea spp) Meadow cranesbill (Geranium pratense) Red campion (Silenr dioica...
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On Golden Pond. Gardening: As the Water Garden Season Ends in a Riot of Autumn Colour, Charlie Dimmock Rolls Up Her Sleeves for One Last Cleanup
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), October 10, 2004
...any really big clumps of robust varieties like grasses, reed maces or strong-growing wild waterside flowers, such as hemp agrimony or lythrum, you can divide them now. However, leave the more delicate, cultivated types of plant alone till spring. Even...
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Creature Feature; Home&Gardens
Newspaper article; Coventry Evening Telegraph (England), April 29, 2006
Subjects: Natural areas, Nature reserves
...candytuft, Michaelmas daisy, nicotiana, arabis, dwarf phlox, rosemary, hyssop, lavender, bergamot, thyme, marjoram, agrimony, thistles. D33507_2 WILD THINGS... On a mission to find interesting beasties was Jake Harrison (left), aged nine...
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FOLLOW THE BUTTERFLIES; Here's Where You Can Spot Them
Newspaper article; Sunday Mirror (London, England), August 19, 2007
...is excellent for late summer butterflies, which are attracted by the profusion of buddleias, Michaelmas daisies and Hemp Agrimony. The organic kitchen garden is great for Cabbage White butterflies and all the usual late summer butterflies, such as Red...
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Dal Yn Eu Blodau at Ddiwedd Yr Haf; BYD NATUR Mwy O Ryfeddodau Byd Natur Gyda Bethan Wyn Jones
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), August 22, 2007
...anhwylderaur ysgyfaint. Un arall syn dal yn ei flodau ydir byddon chwerw, neu Chwyn Joe Pye, Eupatorium cannabinuma hemp agrimony yn Saesneg. Hwn eto yn un or planhigion lluosflwydd, unionsyth syn ffurfio clystyrau mewn mannau gwlyb, corsydd, cloddiau...
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encyclopedia articles on: Agrimony  - 2 results

 
 
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Agrimony
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
AGRIMONY ag rimo ne, any plant of the genus Agrimonia...wild in the N and central United States. Agrimony is sometimes cultivated in herb gardens...astringent tea. A compound derived from agrimony, agrimophol, is used as an anthelmintic...
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Rose
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Many genera have species that are native wildflowers of the United States; in addition to many of those above are Agrimonia ( agrimony ), Potentilla ( cinquefoil ), and Sanguisorba ( burnet ), which are also sometimes cultivated. The True Roses The most...


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