Hairy Agrimony is a hairy perennial herb with erect unbranched stem 1-5 ft
high. Leaves are pinnate and hairy. Leaflets are elliptic-lancelike,
coarsely blunt-toothed, increasing in size from base to above. Stipules
(tiny leaf-like objects at the base of leaves) are large, leafy and
toothed. Tiny yellow, 5-petalled flowers, 5 mm across, are borne on a long
slender spike-like cluster. Sepal cup is grooved, topped with bristles -
sepals triangular. Petals are oblong-obovate. fruit is top-shaped, with
ring of hooked bristles above. Hairy Agrimony is found in the Himalayas at
altitudes of 1000-3000 m. Flowering: June-September.
Medicinal uses: The plant is used in the treatment of abdominal
pain, sore throat, headaches, bloody and mucoid dysentery, bloody and white
discharge and heat-stroke.
Identification credit: Gajendra Singh
Photographed in Mcleodganj & Shimla, Himachal Pradesh.
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