About Agrimonia striata Michx.
Agrimonia striata Michx. has several common names: roadside agrimony, grooved agrimony, agrimony, cocklebur, woodland agrimony, and woodland grooveburr. This species is a perennial forb in the rose family Rosaceae. It reaches a height of around 40 inches, or 1 meter. It bears a dense raceme of five-parted yellow flowers on a hairy stalk, which grows above pinnately-divided leaves. It is native to the United States, Canada, and Saint Pierre and Miquelon. The species is susceptible to downy mildew, which is caused by the oomycete Peronospora agrimoniae. The specific epithet striata means "striped".
