Agrimonia striata Michx.

vernacular roadside agrimony — species · Rosaceae

USDA: AGST
GBIF: 3001999
Rank: species

roadside agrimony (Agrimonia striata) — Platephotograph · Léo-Guy de RepentignyCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Perennial
Group: Dicot
Family: Rosaceae Juss.
Genus: Agrimonia

§2a

Native status, by region

CAN Canada Native
L48 Lower 48 States Native
SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Native

§2b

County-level range

· 6 counties across 2 states/territories

Legend Native · 6 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought: Medium
Shade: Low
Moisture use: Medium
Fire: Low
Salinity: None
Anaerobic: Medium
CaCO₃: None
Hedging: None

§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance: -43 °F minimum
Frost-free days: 140 min.
Precipitation: 8–45 in/yr
pH range: 5.5–7.5
Root depth: 12 in min.
Fertility need: Medium
Soil texture: coarse, medium

§3c

Form & growth

Growth form: Rhizomatous
Growth rate: Moderate
Lifespan: Short
Mature height: 6 ft
Foliage texture: Medium
Foliage colour: Green
Porosity (summer): Moderate
Porosity (winter): Porous
Flower colour: Yellow
Fruit colour: Brown
Fire resistant: No
N fixation: None
Toxicity: None

§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period: Mid Summer
Seed abundance: Low
Seed begins: Summer
Seed ends: Fall
Spread rate: Moderate
Stratify: No
Seeds / lb: 250,000
Propagation: seed

§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability: No Known Source
Nursery stock: No
Browse palatability: Low
Graze palatability: Low
Palatable, human: No
Protein potential: Low
Lumber: No
Christmas tree: No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 6 counties across 2 states/territories.

Montana view state ↗ 5 N ▾

Rhode Island view state ↗ 1 N ▾

Providence 44007

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/AGST ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/3001999 ↗

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