Agrimonia
Sign in to saveAgrimonia (from the Greek ), commonly known as agrimony, 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 tall, with interrupted pinnate leaves, and tiny yellow flowers borne on a single (usually unbranched) spike.
Research
285 papers- Agrimonia pilosa: A Phytochemical and Pharmacological Review.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2022
- Agrimonia pilosa Ledeb.: A review of its traditional uses, botany, phytochemistry, pharmacology, and toxicology.Heliyon · 2022
- Agrimonia eupatoria L.: An integrative perspective on ethnomedicinal use, phenolic composition and pharmacological activity.Journal of ethnopharmacology · 2022
- The therapeutic effects of Agrimonia eupatoria L.Physiological research · 2020
- Agrimonia pilosa Extract suppresses NSCLC growth through regulating PI3K/AKT/Bcl-2 pathway.Journal of ethnopharmacology · 2025
via PubMed
Article
6 sectionsContents
- Species
- Uses
- Folklore
- See also
- References
- External links
Agrimonia (from the Greek ), commonly known as agrimony, 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 tall, with interrupted pinnate leaves, and tiny 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.