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Agrimonia procera
Also called Scented Agrimony
Agrimonia procera, the fragrant agrimony, is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Rosaceae.
It is native to Europe and Southern Africa.
The habitat of fragrant agrimony in Britain and Ireland is woodland margin, scrub, road verges and tall grassland, on circumneutral (neither acid nor alkaline), sometimes damp, soils. It is confined to the lowlands, being known only up to 335 m at Fortingall, in Perthshire. It is a bigger, bushier and more leafy plant than common agrimony and is far less common, although its overall range is similar. It is most abundant along rides in oak or sometimes ash woods, or in field edges nearby. It flowers rather later than common agrimony, typically from late July in southern England.
Fragrant agrimony is palatable to livestock and occurs in grazed woodland, meadows and pastures. Like other species of agrimony, it is reported to have beneficial effects on the health of experimental animals and to reduce inflammation in cells in vitro. Chemicals under investigation include the bitter-tasting compound agrimoniin and various flavonoids.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Agrimonia procera by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
