Agrimony
Agrimonia gryposepala
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Tourn.
Species: Tourn.
Binomial Name: Agrimonia
Description:

About 15 species; see text

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 interrupted pinnate leaves, and yellow flowers borne on a single (usually unbranched) spike.

Agrimonia species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Grizzled Skipper (recorded on A. eupatoria) and Large Grizzled Skipper. Other lepidoptera species found om agrimonia species are: Coleophora potentillae, Pyrus malvoides, Stigmella aeneofasciella, and Stigmella splendidissimella.